An Ah Ha! Moment for my kid

Last night Darren asked, totally out of the blue (which is where most of his questions seem to come from), "Mom, did you ever notice that a lot of "lady" kind of words have "guy" words in them...like woman and female? How come that is?" I swear I didn't lead him to it. He thought of it all on his own. Darren, you are quite a young man, my son.

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[GraceD]

So Kris, you could tell Darren that girlies have men/man/male in our 'lady kind of words' because we're made from man's rib and therefore we're part dude.

I think that makes sense. I also think I'm weary from all the holiday whirl and spin.

[Faith]

That's a darn fine question, Darren! I think it's a part of a master plan by The Man to drag us down. To oppress us. To crush our spirits and enslave us.

Or Grace could be right.

Or, it could be this:

Woman
From Old English wIfman, wife + man

The female thing seems to be a coincidence.