English

mailwoman

From mail + woman.

A compound of mail + woman

Proto-Germanic *malhō ‘leather bag’

Frankish *malhu ‘bag’

Old French male ‘bag, wallet’

Anglo-Norman male

Middle English male ‘bag’

English mail

Old English wīfmann

Middle English womman ‘a female adult person’

English woman

Today it means

noun A female postal worker.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / mailwoman