Etymology

-gyny

Today it means: the state of having a specific number of wives Full definition →

Ancient Greek γυνή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromγυνή“woman, female”
  2. English today-gyny

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman, female”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγυνή all →

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