*SET-U

PERMANENT JOURNEY RECORD / 527

COMPLETE ROUTE ↗
STAGE 03regionalMAPPABLE REGION

Old English mann to Middle English man

Early and medieval England

man DOSSIER ↗
THE REVIEWED ROUTE CLAIM

Generic human and increasingly male-specific senses coexist and shift in salience.

COORDINATES STORED
YES
HONEST TO PLOT
YES
PLACEMENT MODE
regional
TIME PRECISION
unresolved
NUMERIC TIME BOUND
WITHHELD
CLAIM CITATIONS
1
THE TEMPORAL CLAIM

NO YEAR HAS BEEN INVENTED.

The semantic redistribution is historical, not a single dated event.

DIRECT STAGE-LEVEL PROVENANCE

AUDIT THE ROUTE CLAIM.

Every source below identifies its exact stance, locator, and evidentiary contribution.

  1. supports

    Man — American Heritage Dictionary and Word History

    Documents the semantic distribution in English.

    Word History: Old English human sense and later male salienceAUDIT SOURCE ↗