Originally Posted By: Richard Wise
I recall from when I was a boy, the stale smell that always seemed to permeate my grandmother's attic. Thus I was wondering if the entomology of this word is the German word for woman - namely, Frau - as that term can be used to connote an older, frumpy woman.

laugh But still the same in look and gait,
Easy, cheerful, and sedate. laugh
(John milton)