Etymology of the English word usherette
the English word
usherettederived from the English word
usherderived from the Old French word
huissierderived from the French word
huisderived from the Latin word
ostiarius (doorkeeper; of, belonging to door; porter, doorkeeper; cleric of minor orders)
derived from the Scientific Latin word
ostium (door; doorway; front door; starting gate)
derived from the Latin word
os (oris, mouth; bone; bones; mouth, speech, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*os-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ost-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ōs-derived from the Anglo-Norman word
usserderived from the Latin root
*ustiariusderived from the Latin word
ostiarius (doorkeeper; of, belonging to door; porter, doorkeeper; cleric of minor orders)
derived from the Scientific Latin word
ostium (door; doorway; front door; starting gate)
derived from the Latin word
os (oris, mouth; bone; bones; mouth, speech, expression)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*os-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ost-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ōs-using the English suffix
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Word found in Modern English
