'androgyne' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'androgynus', which itself comes from Greek 'androgȳnos', where 'andr-' meant 'man' and 'gynē' meant 'woman'.

'androgynus' in Latin was borrowed from Greek 'androgȳnos', and eventually became the modern English word 'androgyne' through Old French 'androgyne'.

Initially, it meant 'a person with both male and female characteristics', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.