Now learn that there are people who don't even like the word "lady" because of its etymological origin.
The "l" and "a" are effectively those of the word "loaf", and the "-dy" comes from a word meaning "dough-worker". That is, "lady" is the title for someone who makes the bread. The one who does the cooking. The one whose place is in the kitchen.
The person who taught me this was fine with the descriptor "woman" on account of "man" being the species first. They considered later male-specific interpretations to be irrelevant.
Edit: Now are the downvotes because they don't agree with this argument, or because I chose this place and time to bring this up. Hmm.