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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maid | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | mayde | young woman |
| 3 | English | maiden | A girl or an unmarried young woman; A female... |
| 4 | Middle English | mayden | maiden |
| 5 | Old English | mægden | girl; virgin, young unmarried woman |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | magadīn | little girl |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -īn | Creates adjectives from nouns with the sense... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English kennel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | kennel | A house or shelter for a dog; A facility at which... |
| 2 | Middle English | kenel | — |
| 3 | Anglo-Norman | kenil | — |
| 4 | Old French | chenil | kennel |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | canile | kennel |
| 6 | Latin | Canis | a dog, a hound animal |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | δρόμος | race, running; racetrack; course, path |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |