Where does “visitress” come from?
visitress (English) comes from English ess, from German ess, from Proto-Germanic atiska-, from Proto-Indo-European h₂edos- — sort of cereal, grain.
visitress (English): A female visitor
Ancestry of “visitress”, step by step
visitress traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 |
via English Visitor
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Visitor | Someone who visits someone else; someone staying as a guest |
| 2 | Anglo-Norman | visitour | — |
| 3 | Old French | visiteor | — |