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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0817attestedPresent-Day English

male

TRANSLITERATION malePRONUNCIATION /meɪl/

of or relating to the male sex; a male individual

DATE
14th century–today
SENSE
male sex class
FAMILY
Indo-European / Germanic
CANONICAL KEY
node:1:male:attested:sense:male-sex-class

The modern English form descends through French from a separate Latin family from female.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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GO DEEPERcontinuationestablished
Middle English · Middle English · male sex class

male

male

SOUND
Modern male continues Middle English male.
MEANING
The male sex-class meaning remains central.
CHRONOLOGY
Recorded in the fourteenth century.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
established
Male — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology and First Known Use

Publishes the Middle English form and fourteenth-century horizon.

ORIGINAL ↗
Male — American Heritage DictionarycontextHeadword definitions and etymology

Independently supplies the recorded lineage.

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OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 821 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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DESCENDANTanalogical influenceestablished
Present-Day English · 14th century–today · female sex class

female

of or relating to the female sex; a female individual

SOUND
The spelling female was remodeled under the influence of male.
MEANING
The words become visually paired without acquiring shared ancestry.
SCHOLAR
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
CONFIDENCE
established — This edge encodes spelling influence only.
Female — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsWord History: alteration influenced by male

Directly publishes the spelling influence.

ORIGINAL ↗
Female — American Heritage DictionarycontextEtymology: alteration influenced by male

Independently confirms the edge.

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OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 842 ↗
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TRANSITIVE DESCENDANT CLOSURE

EVERY REVIEWED BRANCH FROM HERE

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This is the complete downstream closure currently supported by the canonical graph. Every displayed step is a real reviewed edge with its own sound claim, meaning claim, scholar, confidence, and citations.

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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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female1 connected node
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
STEP 01analogical influenceestablished
Present-Day Englishmale→Present-Day English · 14th century–todayfemaleof or relating to the female sex; a female individual
SOUND
The spelling female was remodeled under the influence of male.
MEANING
The words become visually paired without acquiring shared ancestry.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 842 ↗
Female — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Word History: alteration influenced by male ↗Female — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: alteration influenced by male ↗

“Every” means every descendant in the reviewed SET-U graph. It does not convert missing scholarship or missing ingestion into a claim of historical completeness. The coverage ledger remains the honest denominator.

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RECORDED EVIDENCE

ATTESTATIONS / FIRST KNOWN USE

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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01malemale · established