Femme

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early 19th century: French, ‘woman’.

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From French femme(“woman”). Doublet of feme, femina, and hembra.

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femme (n.)

French, literally "woman," from Old French feme, from Latin femina "woman, a female," literally "she who suckles," from PIE root *dhe(i)- "to suck." Slang for "young woman" from 1928; meaning "passive and more feminine partner in a lesbian couple" attested by 1961.