Etymograph

English

feminista

Feminista comes from Spanish feminista ‘feminist’, from Latin fēmina ‘woman’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-1‘to suckle, nurse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θēmanā1reconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēmanā1reconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēmina1‘woman’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminīnu1
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentféminin1
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentféministe1‘feminist’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentfeminista2‘feminist’
  10. Englishtodayfeminista2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish feminista
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English feminista

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁(y)-Wiktionary, Spanish feminista‘to suckle, nurse’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-éh₂Wiktionary, Spanish feministareconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*θēmanāWiktionary, Spanish feministareconstructed
  4. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēmanāWiktionary, Spanish feministareconstructed
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminaWiktionary, Spanish feminista‘woman’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminīnuWiktionary, Spanish feminista
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentfémininWiktionary, Spanish feminista
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentféministeWiktionary, Spanish feminista‘feminist’
  9. Spanishc. 1500–presentfeministaWiktionary, English feminista‘feminist’
  10. EnglishtodayfeministaWiktionary, English feminista

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- ‘to suckle, nurse’

doe, tyre, fetus, dai, felicity, fawn, filial, fellatio, fecundity, dahi, 32 more

through Latin fēmina ‘woman’

female, femme, effeminate, 12 more

Today it means

noun A Hispanic female feminist.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “feminista”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish feminista. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- / feminista

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