Etymograph

English

manwhore

From man + whore.

A compound of man + whore

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Proto-Indo-European *keh₂- ‘to wish’

Proto-Indo-European *kéh₂ros ‘loved’

Proto-Germanic *hōrǭ ‘whore, adulteress’

Old English hōre ‘whore, prostitute’

Middle English hore ‘a whore’

English whore

Today it means

noun A man who has sex with clients for money; a male prostitute.

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

Etymograph / manwhore