English
femalefolk
Compound of female + folk.
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-Germanic *fulką ‘troop, army’
Proto-West Germanic *folk ‘military, army, troop’
Old English folc ‘the people, especially the common people’
Middle English folk ‘people, folk’
English folk
Today it means
noun Womenfolk; female people collectively.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / femalefolk