maistress

Middle English

noun

Definitions

mistress

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French maistresse affix from Middle English maister.

Origin

Middle English

maister

Gloss

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

master English
mistress English
mǣster Old English
maister Middle English
maistre Old French
maistresse Old French

maister