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English word maid comes from Proto-Germanic *magadīną, Old English (ca. 450-1100) mæġþ, and later Old English (ca. 450-1100) mægden (Girl, young unmarried woman.)

*magadīną (Proto-Germanic)

mæġþ (Old English)

mægden (Old English)

Girl, young unmarried woman.

mæið (Middle English)

maiden (English)

(cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.. (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.. (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.. (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.. (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.. Virgin. (Wicca). (cricket) A [...]

maide (Middle English)

maid (English)

(archaic) A virgin, now female but originally one of either gender.. (dated, or, poetic) A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden.. A female servant or cleaner (short for maidservant).

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