gynarchy
Meaningrule by women
Common meaning: rule by women
- gyna womanLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 171 · scan
- archa beginning; rule, commandLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 121 · scan
- ynoun ending: study, state or act
‘a woman’ + ‘a beginning’ → gynarchy
Journey through time
- gyn — Greek γυνή “a woman” (path traced)
- arch — Greek ἀρχή “a beginning; rule, command” (path traced)
- Greekγυνή + ἀρχή‘a woman + a beginning’
- Englishgynarchy‘rule by women’ · today
gyn also in: gynaecologymisogynist
arch also in: archaicarchaicallyarchipelagomonarchhierarchy
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek γυνή ‘a woman’ + Greek ἀρχή ‘a beginning; rule, command’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry γυνή, p. 171 · dictionary scan
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