Where does “masle” come from?

masle (Middle French) comes from Old French masle, from Vulgar Latin masclus, 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.

masle (Middle French): male

Definitions

  1. male

Ancestry of “masle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmaslemale
2Vulgar LatinmasclusAlternative form of masculus; male
3Latinmasculusmale, masculine; man, male
4Latinmāsmale
5Proto-Nuristani*māsamoon
6Proto-Indo-Iranianmā́Hasmoon; month
7Proto-Indo-Europeanmḗh₁n̥smoon; month
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₁-to measure

Words derived from “masle”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s →Every word from Proto-Indo-Iranian mā́Has →