Females
/ˈfiːmeɪlz/noun
Plural of female, referring to women, girls, or organisms that produce eggs or bear offspring.
Did you know?Female ultimately derives from Latin femina, a word traditionally connected by historical linguists with an ancient Indo-European root associated with suckling or nursing.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*dʰeh₁(i)-
“A reconstructed root associated by some etymologists with suckling or nursing.”
Classical Latin
Latin
femina
“Woman; female.”
Late Latin
Latin
femella
“Young woman or female; a diminutive form related to femina.”
12th–13th Century
Old French
femele
“Female; woman or female animal.”
14th Century
English
female
“A female person or animal; later also an adjective.”
Modern English
English
females
“Plural form of female.”