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historical dictionaryahd-man
Man — American Heritage Dictionary and Word History
- AUTHOR / EDITOR
- American Heritage Dictionary Editors
- YEAR
- 2022
- PUBLISHER
- HarperCollins
- DOI
- Not recorded
- SOURCE TYPE
- historical dictionary
- EXTERNAL RECORD
- OPEN ORIGINAL ↗
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CONTRARIAN TRUTH CLAIMS
RANKED REVEALS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
RANK 113GRADE Asupports
Man was a human word before adult male became its center of gravity.
Old English mann principally meant a human being or person, while wer and wīf could mark male and female.
*man-¹
*man-¹ → *manu- → *mann- → mann → man → man
Word History: principal Old English sense human beingDirectly documents the semantic reveal.
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SCHOLARLY DISAGREEMENT
DISPUTE POSITIONS THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
resolvedsupportsestablished
Did Old English man mean only an adult male?
No. Its principal older sense was human being or person; wer and wīf could mark the sex distinction.
Word History: principal Old English sense human beingDocuments the older sense and wer or wīf contrast.
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CANONICAL RELATIONSHIP CLAIMS
EDGES THAT CITE THIS SOURCE
EDGE 808contextestablished
man → man
Present-Day English → Middle English · continuation
- SOUND
- Modern man continues Middle English man with stabilized spelling and pronunciation.
- MEANING
- A broad human-being word develops an increasingly salient adult-male sense.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Word History and definitionsDocuments the broad older human sense and later male salience.
EDGE 809contextestablished
man → mann
Middle English → Old English · continuation
- SOUND
- Middle English man continues Old English mann or mon.
- MEANING
- Human being and person remain central while male-specific usage expands.
- SCHOLAR / EDITOR
- Merriam-Webster Editors · American Heritage Dictionary Editors
Word History: principal Old English sense human beingSupplies the older semantic distribution.
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WITNESSES REPORTED BY THIS SOURCE
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COMPARATIVE EVIDENCE
COGNATES, DESCENDANTS, AND RELATIVES
wer
Old Englishhistorical male-specific contrast word, not an ancestor of man
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GEOGRAPHIC AND TEMPORAL CLAIMS
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stage 3supports
Early and medieval England
Documents the semantic distribution in English.
Word History: Old English human sense and later male salience · regional070
NON-GENEALOGICAL CONNECTIONS
HISTORICAL CONTEXT, KEPT SEPARATE
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