Etymology

femboyishness

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Today it means: The state or condition of being femboyish; the behaviour of a femboy. Full definition →

English femboyish ← Middle English boye ← Old English *bōia
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁(y)-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*θēmanā
  4. Proto-Italic*fēmanā
  5. Latinfēmina
  6. Latinfēmella
  7. Old Frenchfemele
  8. Middle Englishfemele
  9. Middle Englishfemale
  10. Englishfemaleclip.
  11. Latinfēmina
  12. Latinfēminīnus
  13. Old Frenchfeminin
  14. Middle Englishfemynyne
  15. Englishfeminineclip.
  16. Englishfem-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*bʰā-
  18. Proto-Germanic*bō-
  19. Proto-West Germanic*bōjō
  20. Old English*bōia
  21. Middle Englishboye
  22. Englishboy
  23. Englishfemboy
  24. Englishfemboyish
  25. English todayfemboyishness

From femboyish + -ness.

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