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Topic | Woman = Womb+man? |
sfcalimari 02/09/24 4:26:13 AM #3: | 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 --- "Tether even a roasted chicken." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo ... Copied to Clipboard! |
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