English
mascule
Mascule comes from Medieval Latin masculus ‘male, masculine’, and goes back to Latin mās.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘male’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500masculusas mascula‘male, masculine’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maskel
- Englishtodaymascule
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās‘male’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500masculusas mascula‘male, masculine’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maskel
- Englishtodaymascule
Linked words
through Latin mās ‘male’
married, marriage, marry, marital, 9 more
through Medieval Latin masculus ‘male, masculine’
Today it means
noun —
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mās / mascule