やもめ

Etymology
From. Originally a compound of an element. The same element is also found in, a compound with.

The original sense of “widow” is first attested in the  of 720, while the sense of “widower” arose later, in the 10th century, and is first recorded in the. See also, an archaic shift from yamome.

Noun

 * 1)  widow
 * 2)  widower