androgynous

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνδρόγῠνος
2. Latin · derived fromandrogynus“man-woman, hermaphrodite”
3. English todayandrogynous

From Latin androgynus (“man-woman, hermaphrodite”), from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγῠνος (andrógŭnos), from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”) + γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman”) + -ος (-os, “-ous”, adjectival suffix), equivalent to andro- + gyno- + -ous.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from the earlier 17th c. Possessing the sex organs of both sexes.