Where does “womanifesto” come from?
womanifesto (English) comes from English manifesto, from Italian manifesto, from Latin manifestō, from Latin manifestus, from Latin infestus, from Latin infendo, from Latin fendo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-.
womanifesto (English): A feminist manifesto
Definitions
- A feminist manifesto
Ancestry of “womanifesto”, step by step
womanifesto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English manifesto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manifesto | A public declaration of principles, policies, or... |
| 2 | Italian | manifesto | manifest, apparent, evident, obvious; manifesto;... |
| 3 | Latin | manifestō | manifestly, openly, clearly |
| 4 | Latin | manifestus | apparent, palpable, manifest, evident, plain |
| 5 | Latin | infestus | unsafe, dangerous; hostile, aggressive;... |
| 6 | Latin | infendo | strike |
| 7 | Latin | fendo | I hit; I thrust |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |
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,... |