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househelp

noun

Etymology

From house + help.

  1. derived from *ḱelb-✻
  2. inherited from *helpaną✻ — “to help”
  3. inherited from *helpan✻
  4. inherited from helpan — “to help, aid, assist, benefit, relieve, cure”
  5. inherited from helpen
  6. formed as househelp — “house + help”

Definitions

  1. A servant employed to perform household tasks.

    • If the husband (male) has wanted the househelp to cook for him, he would have married that girl. Secondly, when the househelp cooks for the man (husband), he begins to doubt the capability of the wife to cook.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA