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by Filligree 4692 days ago
Appearances to the contrary, the word "woman" is not actually based off "man", or indeed very related.
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iopq 4692 days ago
Yes, it is. It's wif-man, so a "person who is a wife" as opposed to an unmarried girl. That's why women is pronounced [wimen], because that's the original etymology.
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phaemon 4692 days ago
Of course it is.

    wifman = female human
    werman = male human
    man = human
"wifman" became "woman" but the "man" is literally from "man" (meaning human). I'm not sure how much more related you can get.
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