English
servingmaid
From serving + maid.
Proto-Indo-European *mogʰus ‘boy’
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Proto-West Germanic *magaþ ‘girl’
Old English mæġden ‘girl’
Middle English maiden
Middle English mayde ‘a maid’
English maid
Today it means
noun A female servant.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “servingmaid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / servingmaid