lady

Significado (English)

Frecuencia

A1
Con guión como
la‧dy
Pronúnciase como (IPA)
/ˈleɪdi/
Etimoloxía (English)

In summary

From Middle English lady, laddy, lafdi, lavedi, from Old English hlǣfdīġe (“mistress of a household, wife of a lord, lady”, literally “bread-kneader”), from hlāf (“bread, loaf”) + dīġe (“kneader”), related to Old English dǣġe (“maker of dough”) (whence dey (“dairymaid”)). Compare also lord. More at loaf, dairy, dough. Unrelated to lad.

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