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Appearances to the contrary, the word "woman" is not actually based off "man", or indeed very related.
by Filligree 13y ago
Appearances to the contrary, the word "woman" is not actually based off "man", or indeed very related.
- phaemon 13y agoOf course it is. wifman = female human werman = male human man = human "wifman" became "woman" but the "man" is literally from "man" (meaning human). I'm not sure how much more related you can get.
- iopq 13y agoYes, it is. It's wif-man, so a "person who is a wife" as opposed to an unmarried girl. That's why women is pronounced [wimen], because that's the original etymology.