gyneco-(word root) womanExamples of words with the root gyneco-: gynecologyAbused, Confused, & Misused Words by Mary Embree Copyright © 2007, 2013 by Mary Embreegyneco- or gynec-pref. Woman: gynecology.[Greek gunaiko-, from gun?, gunaik-, woman; see gyno-.]American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.gyneco- combining form a variant (esp US) of gynaeco- Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014gyneco- a combining form meaning ?woman,? ?female?: gynecology. Also, gyno-; esp. before a vowel, gynec-; esp. Brit., gynaeco-. [