Where does “masculyne” come from?

masculyne (Middle English) comes from Old French masculin, from Latin masculīnus, from Latin masculus, from Latin mās, from Proto-Nuristani *māsa, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has, from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- — to measure.

Ancestry of “masculyne”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmasculinmasculine
2Latinmasculīnusmasculine, male of humans or animals
3Latinmasculusmale, masculine; man, male
4Latinmāsmale
5Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
6Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “masculyne

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