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TopicWoman = Womb+man?
sfcalimari
02/09/24 4:26:13 AM
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From Middle English womman, wimman, wifman, from Old English wfmann (woman, literally female person), a compound of wf (woman, female, whence English wife) + mann (person, human being, whence English man); thus equivalent to wife + man.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/woman#Etymology

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