Where does “soulstress” come from?
soulstress (English) comes from English soulster, from English soul, from Middle English soule, from Middle English sowel, from Old English sufel, from English soufflé, from French soufflé, from French souffler.
soulstress (English): A female soulster
Ancestry of “soulstress”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | soulster | A performer of soul music |
| 2 | English | soul | The spirit or essence of a person usually thought... |
| 3 | Middle English | soule | — |
| 4 | Middle English | sowel | — |
| 5 | Old English | sufel | anything eaten with bread, e.g. meat, vegetables,... |
| 6 | English | soufflé | A baked dish made from beaten egg whites and... |
| 7 | French | soufflé | soufflé; past participle of souffler |
| 8 | French | souffler | to blow; to blow out; to whisper |
| 9 | Old French | sofler | — |
| 10 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 11 | Latin | flō | — |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |