What is a woman ?
| From: | Philippe Caquant <herodote92@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, January 23, 2004, 13:56 |
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Could somebody here please explain me the etymology of
the english word "woman" ? Is it "wo-man", and it that
case, what does "wo" mean, or is it some deformation
from "femina" for instance ? Or something else ?
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Philippe Caquant
"Le langage est source de malentendus."
(Antoine de Saint-Exupery)
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