Etymology of the English word androgyne
the English word
androgynederived from the Old French word
androgynederived from the Latin word
androgynederived from the Greek word
androgunos, ἀνδρόγυνος
derived from the Greek word
gune, γυνή (woman; a woman; specially, a wife)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷen-using the Greek prefix
andro-derived from the Greek word
aner, ἀνήρ (a man (properly as an individual male))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ner-derived from the Latin word
androgynus (hermaphrodite, person of indeterminate sex)
derived from the Greek word
androgunos, ἀνδρόγυνος
derived from the Greek word
gune, γυνή (woman; a woman; specially, a wife)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*gʷen-using the Greek prefix
andro-derived from the Greek word
aner, ἀνήρ (a man (properly as an individual male))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ner-Date
The earliest known usage of androgyne in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
androgynousUsage
Word found in Modern English
