Where does “esquiress” come from?
esquiress (English) comes from English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin scūtārius, from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European skei-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
esquiress (English): A female esquire
Ancestry of “esquiress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | esquire | A lawyer; A male member of the gentry ranking... |
| 2 | Old French | escuier | squire; shield-bearer |
| 3 | Latin | scūtārius | — |
| 4 | Latin | scūtum | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | skei- | to cut, to divide, to separate; to cut, split; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |