English
maidenlike
From maiden + -like.
Formed from maiden + -like
Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus ‘boy’
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Proto-West Germanic *magaþ
Old English mæġeþ ‘girl’
Old English mæġden ‘girl’
Middle English mayden
English maiden
Today it means
adj Like a maiden; gentle, demure.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / maidenlike