femaleness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The characteristic, state or condition of being female. countable,uncountable
    — In hunting or agrarian societies dependent upon nature, femaleness was honored as an immanent principle of fertility.

词形变化

femalenesses plural

词源

Etymology tree
Latin fēmina
Proto-Indo-European *-lós
Proto-Indo-European *-elós
Proto-Italic *-elos
Latin -lus
Latin fēmella
Old French femelebor.
Middle English femele
Middle English female
English female
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English femaleness
From female + -ness.
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