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Where does “nonandrogynous” come from?

nonandrogynous (English) comes from English androgynous, from Latin androgynus, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρόγυνος, from Ancient Greek ἀνδρός, from Ancient Greek ἀνήρ, from Proto-Hellenic *anḗr.

nonandrogynous (English): Not androgynous

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  1. Not androgynous

Ancestry of “nonandrogynous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishandrogynousPossessing the sex organs of both sexes;...
2Latinandrogynushermaphrodite
3Ancient Greekἀνδρόγυνοςhermaphrodite; a man who is womanish, weak,...
4Ancient Greekἀνδρόςgenitive singular of ἀνήρ; man; of man
5Ancient Greekἀνήρman; husband; human being, as opposed to a god
6Proto-Hellenic*anḗr—
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