2006-09-27 08:38:13 · 7 answers · asked by demar 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
From ale, then they added fem before the word and became female.
Smart huh!
2006-09-27 08:48:41 · answer #1 · answered by lonelyspirit 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is this in religion & spirituality?
Just check your dictionary:
Dictionary
female |ËfÄËmÄl| adjective of or denoting the sex that can bear offspring or produce eggs, distinguished biologically by the production of gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes : a herd of female deer. • relating to or characteristic of women or female animals : a female audience | a female name. • (of a plant or flower) having a pistil but no stamens. • (of parts of machinery, fittings, etc.) manufactured hollow so that a corresponding male part can be inserted. noun a female person, animal, or plant. DERIVATIVES femaleness noun ORIGIN Middle English : from Old French femelle, from Latin femella, diminutive of femina ‘a woman.’ The change in the ending was due to association with male , but the words male and female are not otherwise linked etymologically.
2006-09-27 15:46:13 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just as woman comes from the man, female comes from male.
2006-09-27 15:40:22 · answer #3 · answered by righton 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Women are from Venus, Men are from Mars, and the word "female" is from Uranus
2006-09-27 15:47:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
fe + male
2006-09-27 15:47:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
read the bible
2006-09-27 15:40:25 · answer #6 · answered by God Is Love 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
were gonna score butthead
2006-09-27 15:40:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋