why are we called gurls and boys, or men and women,or female and male?

Answer 1

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The origin of the English word boy, recorded since 1154, is unclear; it is probably related to East Frisian boi, Old Norse bófi, Dutch boef "(criminal) knave, rogue", and German Bube. These apparently all have their origin in baby talk (like the word baby itself) (Buck 1949: 89).

But there is a theory that English "boy" derives from an Anglo-Saxon word *boia = "boy or servant", thus explaining the English placenames Boyton and Boycott. If so, the word may have originated from the Celtic tribe called the Boii, who formerly lived in Bohemia but were driven out by the Marcomanni German tribe taking the area over in Roman times. In the dispersal, many Boii may have become slaves or servants, and their name became a word for "servant". (The same happened later to many Slav people, whence the word slave.)
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The word "girl" first appears during the Middle Ages. The Anglo-Saxon word gyrela = "ornament" may have given rise to the modern pronunciation of "girl", if the change in meaning can be explained. While there is no general agreement about the etymology of "girl", it is found in manuscripts dating from 1290 with the meaning "a child" (of either sex). A male child was called a "Knave girl"; a female child was called a "gay girl". Like many other words that originally were not gender-specific, "girl" gradually came to be used primarily and then exclusively for one sex. There are manuscripts dating from 1530 in which the word "girl" is used to mean "maiden" (also originally applied to both sexes), or any unmarried human female. Within little more than a century, however, the word began to take on implications of social class. In 1668, in his Diary, Samuel Pepys uses the word to mean a female servant of any age: "girl" = "serving girl". Note the parallel shift in the meaning of the word "maid".
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The term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived from it can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". The word developed into Old English man, mann "human being, person," (cf. also German Mann, Old Norse maðr, Gothic manna "man").

It is derived from a Proto-Indo-European root *man- (cf. Sanskrit/Avestan manu-, Russian мужчина (muzhchina), Czech muž "man, male"). In Hindu mythology, Manu is a title accorded the progenitor of humankind. Sometimes, the word is connected with the root *men- "to think" (cognate to mind). Restricted use in the sense "adult male" only began to occur in late Old English, around 1000 AD, and the word formerly expressing male sex, wer had died out by 1300 (but survives in e.g. were-wolf and were-gild). The original sense of the word is preserved in mankind, from Old English mancynn.

In Old English the words wer and wīf (also wǣpmann and wīfmann) were used to refer to "a man" and "a woman" respectively, while mann was gender neutral. In Middle English man displaced wer as term for "male human," whilst wyfman (which eventually evolved into woman) was retained for "female human". Man does continue to carry its original sense of "human" however, resulting in an asymmetry sometimes criticized as sexist. [1]

In the 20th century, the generic meaning of man declined still further (but survives in compounds mankind, everyman, no-man's land, etc), and it is possible that future generations will see it as totally archaic, and use it solely to mean "adult male". Interestingly, exactly the same thing has happened to the Latin word homo: in the Romance languages, homme, uomo, hombre, homem etc. have all come to refer mainly to males, with residual generic meaning.
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The English term "man" (from Proto-Germanic mannaz "man, person") and words derived therefrom can designate any or even all of the human race regardless of their gender or age. This is indeed the oldest usage of "man". In Old English the words wer and wyf (also wæpman and wifman) were what was used to refer to "a man" and "a woman" respectively, and "man" was gender neutral. In Middle English man displaced wer as term for "male human", whilst wyfman (which eventually evolved into woman) was retained for "female human". "Man" does continue to carry its original sense of "Human" however, resulting in an asymmetry sometimes criticized as sexist. [1] (See also Womyn)

The symbol for the planet Venus is the sign also known in biology for the female sex: a stylized representation of the goddess Venus's hand mirror: a circle with a small cross underneath (Unicode: ♀). The Venus symbol also represented femininity, and in ancient alchemy stood for copper. Alchemists constructed the symbol from a circle (representing spirit) above a cross (representing matter).

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Answer 2

I think like that sometimes too. It's just the way things are. Some things in life will never have answers to them, but we just go along with it anyway for the sake of being sane or normal.

Answer 3

gurls and boys=those who are under age
men and women=those who are matured
female and male=to determine one's sex in a polite/scientific way (mostly for animals or patients)

Answer 4

Because if we called everyone the same thing, then we'd have to say "You know, boy Jackie or girl Jackie?"

Answer 5

i think becaus of the diferent biological structures men & women have... actually if u check the word wo-man, it consists of 2 parts: man + wo which stands for womb.. hope u've understood now !!

Answer 6

Its just the way things are, and have been for just about forever. Do you have a better suggestion?

Answer 7

cz there is only 2 sexes in the world n we should knw the difference between them so we call girl , boy ........
BUT U KNW IT'S STUPIDE QUESTION

Answer 8

well, no one really knows the exact true answer. but, sence we arnt the same i guess we have to have diffrent names or genders. other wise people might get us mixed up.

Answer 9

Well it was intended that way it's better then someone always going "Hey you!"

Answer 10

I call everyone "pods", but no one seems to understand.