Editing Lady (section)

== Etymology ==
The word comes from [[Old English language|Old English]] ''{{Lang|ang|hlǣfdige}}''; the first part of the word is a mutated form of ''{{Lang|ang|hlāf}}'', "loaf, [[bread]]", also seen in the corresponding ''{{Lang|ang|hlāford}}'', "lord". The second part is usually taken to be from the root ''dig-'', "to knead", seen also in [[dough]]; the sense development from bread-kneader, or bread-maker, or bread-shaper, to the ordinary meaning, though not clearly to be traced historically, may be illustrated by that of "lord".<ref>{{Cite OED|lady|id=1095698573}}</ref><ref name=EB1911>{{EB1911 |wstitle=Lady |volume=16 |pages=61–62 |inline=1}}</ref>