TIL In Old English, 'man' was a gender neutral term. Males were known as 'wermen' and females were known as 'wifmen'.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_neutrality_in_English#Generic_words_for_humans



Submitted February 22, 2015 at 02:27AM by simplisto http://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/2wowc7/til_in_old_english_man_was_a_gender_neutral_term/