Maiden Definition
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Noun
Origin of Maiden
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From Middle English, from Old English mæġden (“maiden, virgin, girl, maid, servant"), diminutive of mæġþ, mæġeþ (“maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife") via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin"), from Proto-Indo-European *maghu- (“fellow, bachelor"), equivalent to maid +"Ž -en. Cognate with Dutch maagd (“virgin"), Old High German magad (“maiden") (modern German Magd (“maidservant"), Old Irish mug (“slave") and Albanian mag (“a hare's young, hinnulus").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English mægden maghu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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