Etymology

isofemale

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Today it means: Originating from a single wild female Full definition →

English female ← Middle English female ← Old French femele
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekῐ̓́σος (ĭ́sos)
  2. Englishiso-
  3. Latinfēmella
  4. Old Frenchfemele
  5. Middle Englishfemele
  6. Middle Englishfemale
  7. Englishfemale
  8. English todayisofemale

From iso- + female.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.