Etymology

unfemboyish

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Today it means: Not femboyish. Full definition →

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

From un- + femboyish.

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