womman
Middle English
Alternative forms
- woman, wommane, womane, womanne, wommon, womon, wommone, woymon, wouman, wimman, wymman, wimmane, wymmanne, wiman, wyman, wimon, wimmon, wimmonne, wymmone, wumman, wuiman, waman, wemon, whoman, wifman, wifmanne, wyfman, wyfmanne, wifmon, voman, vomman, vymman, vifman, vyfman, wman, wmmon, wmmone, ummanne
Etymology
From Old English wiman, wimman, wīfmann (“woman; female servant”, literally “female person; female human being”), equivalent to wife + man
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwuman/, /ˈwivman/, /ˈwiman/
Noun
womman (plural wommen)
Related terms
References
- “womman (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-06.
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