Etymology of the English word congresswoman
the English word
congresswomanderived from the English word
congressderived from the Latin word
congressus (meeting, interview; assembly; union, combination, coming together)
derived from the Latin word
congredi (meet, approach, near)
using the Latin prefix
con- (together)
derived from the Latin prefix
com-derived from the Latin word
cum (with)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*kom (near, with, together)
derived from the Latin word
gradi (walk, step, take steps)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghredh-using the English suffix
-womanderived from the English word
womanderived from the English word
manderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*manwazderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*man-derived from the English word
wifederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghwībh-derived from the Proto-Germanic root
*wibanderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ghwibh-Usage
Word found in Modern English
