Etymology of the Latin word androgynus
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-Derivations in other languages
French
androgyne, Italian
androgino
