Etymograph

English

femsplain

From feminist + -splain.

Formed from feminist + -splain

Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’

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Proto-Italic *θēmanā

Proto-Italic *fēmanā

Latin fēmina ‘woman’

Latin fēminīnus

English feminist

Today it means

verb To explain feminist concepts or a feminine perspective, especially when done in a condescending manner or to explain something the listener already knows, presuming that he has an inferior understanding of it merely because he is male.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / femsplain