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Origin and history of andron

andron(n.)

men's apartment in a house, from Greek andron, collateral form of andronitis "men's apartment," from anēr (genitive andros) "man" (from PIE root *ner- (2) "man"). The female equivalent was a gynaeceum.

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*ner-(2)

Proto-Indo-European root meaning "man," also "vigorous, vital, strong."

It might form all or part of: Alexander; Andrew; andro-; androgynous; android; Andromache; Andromeda; andron; anthropo-; anthropocentric; anthropology; anthropomorphous; Leander; lycanthropy; Lysander; misanthrope; pachysandra; philander; philanthropy; polyandria; polyandrous.

It might also be the source of: Sanskrit nar-, Armenian ayr, Welsh ner "a man;" Greek aner (genitive andros) "a man, a male" (as opposed to a woman, a youth, or a god).

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