Etymology

unfeminine

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Today it means: Not feminine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a woman. Full definition →

English feminine ← Middle English femynyne ← Old French feminin
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The story

  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. Latinfēminīnus
  14. Old Frenchfeminin
  15. Middle Englishfemynyne
  16. Englishfeminine
  17. English todayunfeminine

From un- + feminine.

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