English
female circumcision
From female + circumcision.
A compound of female + circumcision
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle’
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Medieval Latin fēmella ‘a female’
Old French femele
Middle English femele
Middle English female
English female
Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’
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Latin circumcīdō ‘cut around’
Latin circumcīsiō ‘circumcision, a cutting around’
Old French circumcisioun
Middle English circumcisioun
English circumcision
Today it means
noun The removal of the clitoral hood, the female prepuce cognate to the foreskin removed in the male equivalent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / female circumcision