Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Misspelling of woman.
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryplural of woman
From Middle English wimmen, from Old English wīfmenn (“women”), from wīf (“female”) + menn (“men, persons, human beings”), equivalent to wife + men. Spelling (with o) influenced by the singular; see woman for more.
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