You might be interested to know that the The Random House Dictionary of
the English Language, Unabridged Edition (1968) p. 632, defines "gyno-" as
"a learned borrowing from Greek meaning 'female,' 'woman,' used in the
formation of compound words [e.g.] gynophore."
Which is American. I checked the Complete Oxford Dictionary on-line and
all the sources it quotes seem to be American including the earliest usage.
Well - we all know Americans spell things in a funny way..
So it appears you're just insufficiently learned, just like the rest of us.
Maybe.....
Monica
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