From Greek 'gynē' (woman), from PIE *gʷen- — literally 'study of women,' the same root behind 'queen' and 'misogyny.'
The branch of physiology and medicine which deals with the functions and diseases specific to women and girls, especially those affecting the reproductive system.
From Greek gynē (γυνή, woman, wife), genitive gynaikos (γυναικός), combined with -logia (λογία, the study of, discourse about), from logos (λόγος, word, reason, study). Greek gynē derives from PIE *gʷen- (woman), one of the oldest and most widely distributed roots in the Indo-European family. The same PIE root *gʷen- underlies Old English cwene (woman, wife, queen),
'Gynecology,' 'misogyny,' and 'queen' all come from PIE *gʷen- (woman). Gynecology studies women's health. Misogyny is hatred of women (misos + gynē). And 'queen' comes from Old English 'cwēn' (woman, wife), from Proto-Germanic *kwēniz, from the same PIE root. The queen of England and the
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