Meaning

noun an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

noun a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

noun a human female employed to do housework

originEtymology tree Proto-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English womman English woman From Middle English womman, from earlier wimman, wifman, from Old English wīfmann (“woman”, literally “female person”), a compound of wīf (“woman, female”, whence English…

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