Etymograph

English

mascule

Mascule comes from Medieval Latin masculus ‘male, masculine’, and goes back to Latin mās.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmās1‘male’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500masculus2as mascula‘male, masculine’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maskel2
  4. Englishtodaymascule2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin masculus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English mascule

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmāsWiktionary, Latin masculus‘male’
  2. Medieval Latinc. 600–1500masculusWiktionary, English masculeas mascula‘male, masculine’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maskelWiktionary, English mascule
  4. EnglishtodaymasculeWiktionary, English mascule

Linked words

through Latin mās ‘male’

married, marriage, marry, marital, 9 more

through Medieval Latin masculus ‘male, masculine’

male, macho, machismo, 4 more

Today it means

noun —

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “mascule”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin masculus. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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