Womankind
/ˈwʊmənˌkaɪnd/noun
Women considered collectively as a group.
Did you know?Womankind is a transparent English compound from woman + kind, and kind here originally meant “type, sort, race, family” — a reminder that words once classified reality like a spell.
Etymological Timeline
Old English
OE
wīfmann
“female human being; woman”
Old English
OE
cynn
“race, people, family, kin; kind”
Middle English
ME
woman-kinde
“the female sex; women collectively”
Early Modern English
English
womankind
“women as a class or collective body”
Modern English
English
womankind
“women considered collectively”