Etymograph

English

tailoress

Tailoress comes from Middle English tayleresses.

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tayleresses1
  2. Englishtodaytailoress1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English tailoress

Lineage

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500tayleressesWiktionary, English tailoress
  2. EnglishtodaytailoressWiktionary, English tailoress

Formed from tailor + -ess

Latin tālea ‘a cutting’

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Old French taillier ‘to cut’

Old French tailleor

Anglo-Norman taillour

Middle English taillour

English tailor

Every English word from Middle English tayleresses

Today it means

noun a female tailor

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tailoress”. 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.

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