tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post330189247887013321..comments2023-09-24T16:20:50.493-04:00Comments on Call Me Meg: Gender LinguisticsCallMeMeghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14184763491635476887noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383236105308499589.post-83986421190316294892011-09-26T07:59:39.235-04:002011-09-26T07:59:39.235-04:00"Penal" and "penitentiary" are..."Penal" and "penitentiary" are from the Latin "poena" meaning punishment. But "hysteria" was, indeed, a word only applied to women at one time, coming as it does from the Greek "hystera" or uterus (hence, "hysterectomy").Pretty Sissy Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14649369360851086155noreply@blogger.com