-andry

Meanings

1. male mate(s), husband(s)
2. man, men; male(s)
3. male reproductive organ(s); (especially in botany): stamen(s)

Etymology

From three inextricable sources: * the Ancient Greek -ανδρία (-andría), forming abstract nouns of quality or condition from ἀνήρ (anḗr, “man”, “husband”); * Ancient Greek ἀνδρ- (andr-) (andr-: the stem of ἀνήρ (anḗr)) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns of quality or condition); and, * the -andry element of polyandry. First attested in 1680.

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