Where does “kennelmaid” come from?

kennelmaid (English) comes from English maid, from Middle English mayde, from English maiden, from Middle English mayden, from Old English mægden, from Proto-West Germanic magadīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.

kennelmaid (English): A woman in charge of a kennel

Definitions

  1. A woman in charge of a kennel

Ancestry of “kennelmaid”, step by step

kennelmaid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English maid

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaidA girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden; A...
2Middle Englishmaydeyoung woman
3EnglishmaidenA girl or an unmarried young woman; A female...
4Middle Englishmaydenmaiden
5Old Englishmægdengirl; virgin, young unmarried woman
6Proto-West Germanicmagadīnlittle girl
7Proto-West Germanic-īnCreates adjectives from nouns with the sense...
8Proto-Germanic-īnaz-en
9Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
10Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via English kennel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishkennelA house or shelter for a dog; A facility at which...
2Middle Englishkenel
3Anglo-Normankenil
4Old Frenchchenilkennel
5Vulgar Latincanilekennel
6LatinCanisa dog, a hound animal
7Ancient Greekδρόμοςrace, running; racetrack; course, path
8Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
9Proto-Hellenic*-os
10Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no-
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