English

taskmistress

From task + mistress.

A compound of task + mistress

Latin taxō ‘to censure; to charge’

Latin taxa

Medieval Latin tasca

Old Northern French tasque

Middle English taske ‘task, tax’

English task

Proto-Italic *magisteros ‘bigger, greater’

Latin magister

Old French maistre ‘master’

Old French maistresse

Middle English maistresse

Today it means

noun A woman who assigns tasks; a female overseer.

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

Etymograph / taskmistress