English
femaleist
From female + -ist coined in 1999 by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Formed from female + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle’
…
Medieval Latin fēmella ‘a female’
Old French femele
Middle English femele
Middle English female
English female
The story
From female + -ist coined in 1999 by Barbara Ehrenreich.
Today it means
noun One who acknowledges and celebrates the ways in which women are different from men (in addition to the obvious difference in reproductive organs).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / femaleist