Portuguese fêmea

← Spanish hembra (cognate)

← French femme (cognate)

← Galician femia (cognate)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-m̥n-eh₂ (inherited)

← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)- (mention)

← Italian femmina (cognate)

← Proto-Italic *fēmanā (inherited)

← Latin fēmina (inherited)

← Occitan femna (cognate)

← Romanian famen (cognate)

← Old Portuguese femea (inherited)

← Old Portuguese femẽa (mention)

→ Galician femia (cognate)

→ Italian femmina (cognate)

→ Portuguese femismo (suffix)

→ Portuguese femista (affix)