[Sca-cooks] Interesting period words

lilinah at earthlink.net lilinah at earthlink.net
Mon Aug 30 15:08:58 PDT 2004


Webster is a woman who weaves (since the warp was also called the web)
Spinster originally is a woman (of any age or marital status) who spins

-ster is a fem. ending and only sounds like "stir" and isn't related in origin.

So, what's the etymology for "huckster"?

Anahita
thinking that "napster" must be a woman who naps



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