英文词源
- mistress
- mistress: see master
- mistress (n.)
- early 14c., "female teacher, governess," from Old French maistresse "mistress (lover); housekeeper; governess, female teacher" (Modern French maîtresse), fem. of maistre "master" (see master (n.)). Sense of "a woman who employs others or has authority over servants" is from early 15c. Sense of "kept woman of a married man" is from early 15c.
中文词源
来自mister,主人，先生，-ess,表阴性。即女主人，主妇。
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mistress 词源，mistress 含义。
来源于拉丁语名词magister, -tri, m(领导,主人)。
同源词： miss, mister, master, magistrate
