Where does “plunderess” come from?

plunderess (English) comes from English plunder, from German plündern, from Middle High German plundern, from Middle Low German plünderen — to plunder.

plunderess (English): A female plunderer

Definitions

  1. A female plunderer

Ancestry of “plunderess”, step by step

plunderess traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English plunder

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishplunderTo pillage, take or destroy all the goods of, by...
2Germanplündernto loot; to plunder; to pillage; to raid; to take...
3Middle High Germanplundern—
4Middle Low Germanplünderento plunder

via English ess

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishessThe name of the Latin-script letter S; Something...
2Germanessfirst-person singular present of essen; singular...
3Proto-Germanicatiska-grainfield
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂edos-sort of cereal, grain
Every word from Middle Low German plünderen →Every word from Middle High German plundern →Every word from German plündern →
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