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Where does “masculinity” come from?

Masculinity derives from French masculinité, from Latin masculinus meaning male, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European meryo.

masculinity (English): The degree or property of being masculine or...

Definitions

  1. The degree or property of being masculine or...

Ancestry of “masculinity”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmasculinitémasculinity
2Medieval Latinmasculīnitās—

Words derived from “masculinity”

  • hypermasculinity
  • ultramasculinity
  • antimasculinity
  • pseudomasculinity
  • supermasculinity
  • transmasculinity
  • hypomasculinity
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