gylany

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἀνδρός
2. Ancient Greek · derived fromλ(ύειν)
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromγυνή“woman”
4. English todaygylany

From Ancient Greek γυνή (gunḗ, “woman”) + English l(inking) and Ancient Greek λ(ύειν) (l(úein)), λ(ύω) (l(úō), “to dissolve, sever; to release, set free”) + Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós) (genitive singular of ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”)) + -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a state, condition, or quality); coined by the Austrian-born American cultural historian and author Riane Eisler (born 1931) in writings in the 1980s, including The Chalice and the Blade (1987): see the quotations.

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 1980s A social system based on equality of women and men.