noun, feminine/ˈleidi/plural: ladies
lady (wife of a lord; important woman)
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷel-der.? Proto-Germanic *hlaibaz Proto-West Germanic *hlaib Old English hlāf Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ-der. Proto-Germanic *daigijǭder. Old English dǣġe Old English hlǣfdīġe Middle English lady English ladyubor. Spanish lady Unadapted borrowing from English lady.