• Madison420@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    That’s is literally it’s origin, I’m sorry facts are offensive to you.

    https://www.etymonline.com/word/woman

    adult female human," late Old English wimman, wiman (plural wimmen), literally “woman-man,” alteration of wifman (plural wifmen) “woman, female servant” (8c.), a compound of wif “woman” (see wife) + man “human being” (in Old English used in reference to both sexes; see man (n.)). Compare Dutch vrouwmens “wife,” literally “woman-man.”

    Takes three seconds to look up bud.