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CANONICAL LANGUAGE GRAPH

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NODE / 0821attestedLatin

mās

TRANSLITERATION mās

male

DATE
Latin
SENSE
male person animal
FAMILY
Indo-European / Italic
CANONICAL KEY
node:9:mas:attested:sense:male-person-animal

The reviewed headword sources stop at this Latin base.

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ANCESTRAL EDGES

ROOT OF THIS ROOT

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THE TRAIL ENDS HERE.

No securely reviewed ancestor extends beyond this node. 1 evidence path stops at this boundary.

INSPECT 1 CITED BOUNDARY CLAIM
GO DEEPERknowledge boundaryboundary
Beyond secure reconstruction · before the reviewed Latin mās horizon · male deep boundary

UNKNOWN

No securely promoted ancestor is currently known beyond Latin mās in this dossier.

SOUND
No older form is promoted beyond Latin mās in the reviewed headword sources.
MEANING
The trail stops without inventing a reconstruction or linking unrelated mal-.
SCHOLAR
SET-U editorial boundary
CONFIDENCE
boundary — A missing deeper parent is represented explicitly.
Male — Definition, Word History, and First Known UsesupportsEtymology endpoint at Latin masculus

Supports the honest boundary after the Latin base rather than an invented deeper root.

ORIGINAL ↗
OPEN CANONICAL EDGE 825 ↗
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DIRECT DESCENDANT EDGES

THE NEXT HISTORICAL STEP

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03

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.

UNIQUE DESCENDANT NODES
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REVIEWED EDGES
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DEEPEST PATH
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MODERN DOSSIERS REACHED
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female1 connected nodemale4 connected nodes
HISTORICAL STEP 011 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 021 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 031 EDGE
STEP 03borrowingestablished
Anglo-Frenchmasle→Middle English · Middle Englishmalemale
SOUND
Middle English male was borrowed from Anglo-French masle or male.
MEANING
The noun and adjective cross into English.
Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors2 CITATIONSEDGE 822 ↗
Male — Definition, Word History, and First Known Use · Etymology: Middle English from Anglo-French masle or male ↗Male — American Heritage Dictionary · Etymology: Middle English from Anglo-Norman masle ↗
HISTORICAL STEP 041 EDGE
HISTORICAL STEP 051 EDGE
STEP 05analogical 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

0
NO RECORDED WITNESS ATTACHED.

The reviewed graph does not yet attach a source-reported or directly inspected witness to this canonical form.

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EDITORIAL REUSE

WORD DOSSIERS USING THIS NODE

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05malemās · established