housewifery
English
/ˈhaʊswɪfəɹi/
noun
Definitions
- The state or activity of being a housewife; household management, domestic skills.
- (obsolete) Household goods.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English huswyfery suffix from English housewife.
Origin
English
housewife
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- house English
- housewife English
- housewifedom English
- housewifehood English
- housewifeish English
- housewifelike English
- housewifely English
- housewifeship English
- housewifey English
- housewifish English
- housewifization English
- nonhousewife English
- wife English
- housewif Middle English
- huswyfery Middle English