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START / NODE 817Present-Day English14th century–today
male
A sex-class term borrowed through Anglo-French from Latin masculus, a diminutive formation on mās.
“Male comes from Latin masculus and mās. It is neither a shortening of female nor a formation on mal-, bad.”OPEN COMPLETE WORD DOSSIER ↗
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Present-Day Englishmale
of or relating to the male sex; a male individual
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Middle English · Middle Englishmalemale
- SOUND CHANGE
- Modern male continues Middle English male.
- SEMANTIC CHANGE
- The male sex-class meaning remains central.
- SCHOLAR
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- CONFIDENCE
- established
- CHRONOLOGY
- Recorded in the fourteenth century.
2 CITATIONSMale — Definition, Word History, and First Known UseEtymology and First Known Use Male — American Heritage DictionaryHeadword definitions and etymology AUDIT CANONICAL EDGE 821 ↗
Publishes the Middle English form and fourteenth-century horizon.
ORIGINAL ↗Independently supplies the recorded lineage.
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