hembra
Spanish
noun
Definitions
- female
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish femna derived from Latin fēminam inherited from Proto-Italic *fēmanā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (who sucks, one who suckles, one who is sucked, nursing, breastfeeding).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂
Gloss
who sucks, one who suckles, one who is sucked, nursing, breastfeeding
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- hembra English
- femina Latin
- fēmina Latin
- fēminam Latin
- fēminīnus Latin
- femmina Italian
- femminicidio Italian
- femminiello Italian
- femminuccia Italian
- superfemmina Italian
- hembrismo Spanish, Castilian
- hembrista Spanish, Castilian
- *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂, *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *dʰeh₁m̥h₁néh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- fêmea Portuguese
- femia Galician
- femicidio Galician
- femea Old Portuguese
- *fēmanā Proto-Italic
- femna Old Spanish