femina
Latin
noun
Definitions
- woman
- wife
- (of animals) female
- (grammar) the feminine gender
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Italic *fēmanā derived from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ (nursing, breastfeeding), *dʰeh₁(y)- (suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁(y)-
Gloss
suckle, suck, nurse, suck milk
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Fitz- English
- autofellatio English
- fame English
- fecund English
- fecundation English
- fecundity English
- felicitous English
- fellator English
- fellatrix English
- femme English
- transfeminated English
- (homo) *feminus Latin
- *feminus Latin
- -ellus Latin
- Fēlīx Latin
- faenus Latin
- fecundus Latin
- felicitas Latin
- fello Latin
- fellātio Latin
- femella Latin
- fetus Latin
- foenum-graecum Latin
- fāma Latin
- fēlīcitās Latin
- fēmina Latin
- fēminam Latin
- fēminīnus Latin
- fētus Latin
- fīlia Latin
- liber Latin
- oculus Latin
- porculus Latin
- -ello Italian
- feminisme Dutch, Flemish
- -eau French
- femme French
- femme d'État French
- femme fatale French
- femmelette French
- fécond French
- sage-femme French
- Τηθύς Ancient Greek
- θεῖος Ancient Greek
- θῆλυς Ancient Greek
- τίτθη Ancient Greek
- τιθήνη Ancient Greek
- *dʰeh₁(y)- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁(y)-no- Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-lw-i Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁ylios Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰéh₁(y)-e-ti Proto-Indo-European
- *dajjaną Proto-Germanic
- *dajjǭ Proto-Germanic
- *dil- Proto-Germanic
- *dilkaz Proto-Germanic
- di Swedish
- dibarn Swedish
- feminizm Polish
- दधि Sanskrit
- धान्य Sanskrit
- dilkr Old Norse
- dilkær Old Norse
- die Danish
- *dojiti Proto-Slavic
- *dětę Proto-Slavic
- *děva Proto-Slavic
- -el Old French
- fame Old French
- feme Old French
- -el Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- famen Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- denu Welsh
- fame Middle Dutch
- դայեակ Old Armenian
- femër Albanian
- -el Middle French
- -et Middle French
- femme Middle French
- -elo Old Portuguese
- *delu- Proto-Celtic
- *dī-āti-s Proto-Celtic
- *dʰa(H)inúš Proto-Indo-Iranian
- feamin Aromanian
- *fēmanā Proto-Italic
- -iello Old Spanish
- *dā(i)tjā Proto-Albanian
- fanm Haitian, Haitian Creole
- fam Mauritian Creole
- feme Walloon
- fanne Bourguignon
- fam Louisiana Creole French
- fame Louisiana Creole French
- fanm Seychellois Creole
- fanm Antillean Creole
- *dē- bat-pro
- دا Bakhtiari
- fam Karipúna Creole French
- fanme Champenois
- femme Poitevin-Saintongeais