Was Mrs ever intended to mean Mr's, as in mister's to indicate possession? I started thinking about this when someone brought a breakdown of the word history (his-story) to my attention. It obviously would be very sexist but not surprising.
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Mrs is the written form of missus. The EtymOnline entry writes that missus is a:
Tracing back further to the entry for mistress uncovers:
Where did mister come from? It's a corruption of master :
So mister and missus derive from the male and female forms of maistre--they share a root. Mrs is not derived from a possessive form of Mr.