Where does “womanhater” come from?
womanhater (English) comes from English hater, from Middle English hatere, from Middle English haten, from Old English hatian, from Old English -ian, from Old English -ōjan, from Proto-West Germanic -ōn, from Proto-Germanic -ōną — he, she.
womanhater (English): One who hates women or the female sex
Definitions
- One who hates women or the female sex
Ancestry of “womanhater”, step by step
womanhater traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English hater
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hater | One who hates; One who expresses unfounded or... |
| 2 | Middle English | hatere | hater; Alternative form of hater |
| 3 | Middle English | haten | To feel negative emotions towards; To perform... |
| 4 | Old English | hatian | to hate |
| 5 | Old English | -ian | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives |
| 6 | Old English | -ōjan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ōn | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English woman
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | woman | An adult female human; All female humans... |
| 2 | Middle English | womman | An female adult person; a woman; The female sex... |
| 3 | Old English | wīfmann | woman; female servant; woman |
| 4 | Old English | mann | person; man meaning mankind; man meaning adult... |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |