{"era":"current","word":"countess","meaning":"The wife or widow of an earl or count, or a woman holding an earldom or countship in her own right.","children":[{"era":"13th century","word":"countess","meaning":"wife of a count","children":[{"era":"12th century","word":"comtesse","meaning":"countess","children":[{"era":"classical","word":"comes","meaning":"companion, attendant","children":[],"language":"Latin"},{"era":"pre-1100","word":"-esse","meaning":"feminine suffix","children":[],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Old French"}],"language":"Modern English"}