The story
- Old English · inherited fromwīfmenn“women”
- Middle English · inherited fromwimmen
- English todaywomen
From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.