Etymology

gyno-

Today it means: Of or pertaining to women. Full definition →

Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *gʷənā ← Proto-Indo-European *gʷḗn
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷḗn
  2. Proto-Hellenic*gʷənā
  3. Ancient Greekγῠνή (gŭnḗ)
  4. English todaygyno-

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek γῠνή (gŭnḗ, “woman, female”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekγῠνή all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.