スチュワーデス

スチュワーデス · suchuwaadesu · JLPT N2 · noun

stewardess

✈️ stew-ard-ess = steward (meal server) + -ess (female suffix), the woman who serves on a plane

Steward comes from Old English stīweard, 'hall keeper', a servant who ran the food and meals. Adding -ess marks a woman. The katakana spells out the English word: su-chu-wa-a-de-su.

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