• Executive Chimp
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    26 hours ago

    Fun fact, woman and man come from different roots. So while it might have the letters of man in it, it doesn’t have man exactly.

    • @[email protected]
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      34 hours ago

      That doesn’t sound right…

      From what I remember “woman” comes from “wifman”, which is a compound of “wif” and “man”, and back then “man” still refered to male and female persons, and “wer” and “wif” were male and female persons respectively.

      • Executive Chimp
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        33 hours ago

        Fun fact: my memory is shitty. Looks like you’re right except that “man” wasn’t gendered at the time.

        • @[email protected]
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          43 hours ago

          except that “man” wasn’t gendered at the time.

          But I included that, didn’t I?

          and back then “man” still refered to male and female persons

          Or do you mean rather than male and female, I should have said persons regardless of gender? I guess that makes more sense.