Etymology

femdom

fem·dom
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Today it means: Female domination; a sexual practice in which women dominate men or other people. Full definition →

English dominantclip. ← Middle French dominant ← Middle English femynyne
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femdom · noun1

  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. Middle Frenchdominant
  18. Englishdominantclip.
  19. English todayfemdom

From fem- + -dom (“domination”).

femdom · noun2

From fem- + -dom (“group”).

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