Etymology of the English word sportswoman
the English word
sportswomanusing 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-derived from the English word
sportsderived from the English word
sportderived from the English word
sportenderived from the Old French word
desportderived from the Old French word
desporterusing the French prefix
des-using the English suffix
-sDerivations in other languages
French
sportswomanUsage
Word found in Modern English