Etymology

womanizer

wom·an·iz·er
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Today it means: A man who habitually flirts with and seduces, or attempts to seduce, women. Full definition →

English womanize ← Middle English womman ← Old English wīfmann
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The story

  1. Proto-Germanic*wībą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*wīb
  3. Old Englishwīf
  4. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  5. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  6. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  7. Old Englishmann
  8. Old Englishwīfmann
  9. Middle Englishwomman
  10. Englishwoman
  11. Englishwomanize
  12. English todaywomanizer

From womanize + -er (agent noun).

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