Woman

Morpheme

Woman

Type

free base

Denotation

adult female

Etymology

Middle English womman, wimman, wifman; Old English wīfmann, from wīf +‎ mann

Evidence

businesswoman, chairwoman, policewoman, saleswoman, sportswoman, woman, womanhood, womanlike, womanly, womanpower, woolman

Notes

literally wif “woman” + man “person”

See Also

Women, Wife, Man