Where does “readeress” come from?
readeress (English) comes from English reader, from Middle English reder, from Old English rēdere, from Proto-West Germanic rādāri.
readeress (English): A female reader
Ancestry of “readeress”, step by step
readeress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reader
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | reader | A person who reads; A person who reads a... |
| 2 | Middle English | reder | — |
| 3 | Old English | rēdere | — |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | rādāri | — |
via English ess
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | ess | The name of the Latin-script letter S; Something... |
| 2 | German | ess | first-person singular present of essen; singular... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | atiska- | grainfield |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂edos- | sort of cereal, grain |