RE: Are Married Men "Husbands?" How About a New Term for a New Relationship?
June 28, 2015 at 9:48 pm
(This post was last modified: June 28, 2015 at 9:48 pm by bennyboy.)
(June 28, 2015 at 8:13 pm)Minimalist Wrote:Quote:late Old English (in the senses ‘male head of a household’ and ‘manager, steward’), from Old Norse húsbóndi ‘master of a house,’ from hús ‘house’ + bóndi ‘occupier and tiller of the soil.’ The original sense of the verb was ‘till, cultivate.’
Per Google.
What specifically makes it male? Is the "-i" in "bondi" specifically masculine?
