Etymograph

English

malewife

Compound of male + wife.

A compound of male + wife

Latin mās ‘male, masculine’

Latin masculus ‘masculine, a male’

Old French masle

Middle English male ‘a man’

English male

Proto-Germanic *wībą ‘woman’

Proto-West Germanic *wīb ‘woman’

Old English wīf ‘woman’

Middle English wyf ‘woman’

English wife

Today it means

noun A man in a relationship with a dominant, assertive woman (a "girlboss"), taking on a traditionally feminine gender role (especially a stay-at-home dad).

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

Etymograph / malewife