English
spinsterly
From spinster + -ly.
Formed from spinster + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *(s)pénh₁-ne-
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Proto-West Germanic *spinnan ‘to spin’
Old English spinnan ‘to spin’
Middle English spinnen ‘to spin or convert fibre into yarn’
Middle English spynnestere ‘woman who spins fibre’
English spinster
Today it means
adj of or relating to a spinster or spinsterhood
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / spinsterly