chamberiere

Old French

Etymology

From chambre (“room”) +‎ -iere (“suffix forming feminine nouns of occupation”).

Noun

chamberiere oblique singular, f (oblique plural chamberieres, nominative singular chamberiere, nominative plural chamberieres)

1. chambermaid
   • c. 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence la vie de Sainte Elyzabel, fille au roi de Hongrie:

     Mout murmurent ces chamberieres

     Her chambermaids whispered a lot