Female

Morpheme

Female

Type

free base

Denotation

woman, girl, sex that produces eggs

Etymology

Middle English emale, femele; Old French femelle; Medieval Latin femella; Latin femella, from femina

Evidence

antifemale, female, femaledom, femalehood, femaleless, femalelike, femaleness, females, femalish, heterofemale, isofemale, metafemale, multifemale, neofemale, nonfemale, superfemale, unfemale

Notes

not related to Male but spelling and pronunciation influenced by Male

See Also

Feme