Dowager
Posted: Fri Jan 09, 2015 9:23 pm
by drsved
One of several words I just found sitting on a list to look up and post.
Re: Dowager
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 2:11 am
by Philip Hudson
Etymonline.com says of dowager: (n.) 1520s, from Middle French douagere "widow with a dower" literally "pertaining to a dower," from douage "dower," from douer "endow," from Latin dotare, from dos (genitive dotis) "dowry" (see dowry).