Etymograph

English

hembra

Hembra comes from Spanish hembra ‘female’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂ ‘(f.) one who is sucked’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂1‘(f.) one who is sucked’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēmanā1reconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēmina1‘female’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500femna1‘female’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presenthembra2‘female’
  6. Englishtodayhembra2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Spanish hembra
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English hembra

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dʰeh₁-m̥h₁n-eh₂Wiktionary, Spanish hembra‘(f.) one who is sucked’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*fēmanāWiktionary, Spanish hembrareconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEfēminaWiktionary, Spanish hembra‘female’
  4. Old Spanishc. 950–1500femnaWiktionary, Spanish hembra‘female’
  5. Spanishc. 1500–presenthembraWiktionary, English hembra‘female’
  6. EnglishtodayhembraWiktionary, English hembra

Linked words

through Latin fēmina ‘female’

female, feminist, feminine, feminism, femme, femininity, effeminate, 8 more

Today it means

noun A female llama.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “hembra”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Spanish hembra. 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-m̥h₁n-eh₂ / hembra

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