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LATIN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

mas.

male

3 characters1 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈmaːs]Classical-Latin[ˈmas]

  1. male

    declension-3 · masculine

  2. man

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (“young man”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young girl”), and Old Armenian մարի (mari, “female bird, hen”). But this cannot account for the resultant phonetics, particularly the a-vocalism. It has been connected with masturbor and with mālus (“pole”).

adj[ˈmaːs]Classical-Latin[ˈmas]

  1. male, masculine, manly

    declension-3 · two-termination
Where this word comes from

Origin unknown. Traditionally theorized to be from Proto-Indo-European *méryos (“young man”), whence Proto-Indo-Iranian *máryas (“young man”), Sanskrit मर्य (márya, “suitor, young man”), Ancient Greek μεῖραξ (meîrax, “young girl”), and Old Armenian մարի (mari, “female bird, hen”). But this cannot account for the resultant phonetics, particularly the a-vocalism. It has been connected with masturbor and with mālus (“pole”).

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