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How Was The Word Miss Originated?

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    As with Mrs, Miss is an abbreviation of Mistress, a female honorific dating from Medieval times. The split into married and unmarried variants occurred during the 17th century.
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    Madmacstew  

    answered 5 months ago

         
         

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