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I mean, the etymology of the word women itself has this attribute, as a contraction of the concept of “the type of man who has a womb” so the whole thing is a b
by CPLX 6y ago
I mean, the etymology of the word women itself has this attribute, as a contraction of the concept of “the type of man who has a womb” so the whole thing is a bit complicated.
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoI didn't think that was it. Woman means "ones spouse", used to be used by anybody? Or do I have that wrong. 'Man' still means in some languages what "one" means in English in the sense of "one's friends are important". A person. Not a male. But it isn't complicated. Today in English 'man' means a male. All the obfuscation using etymology and history are meaningless to a modern young person who knows what they're saying and what they're hearing.
- guerrilla 6y agoFrom Middle English woman, from earlier wimman, wifman. The Middle English forms are from Old English wiman, wimman, from wīfmann m (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman”, whence English wife) + mann (“person”, whence English man). For details on the pronunciation and spelling history, see the usage notes below. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman#Etymology https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman#Etymology
- JoeAltmaier 6y agoIt fooled me I guess. Since 'wif' is gender-neutral I thought it meant 'partner'. Sometimes it's used that way (in old writing) but not often.
- CPLX 6y agoI stand corrected.