> > > It seems to me very kind, but not related to the ethymology nor the use of > the words (I have not information about Polish). > In English you have the male suffix -ian and the female suffix -ienne : > comedienne <http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/comedienne>, > equestrienne<http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/equestrienne>, > tragedienne <http://us.mg6.mail.yahoo.com/wiki/tragedienne>. > At the same time you have the suffix -ist for both gender (coming from > -ista (Latin) and -istes (old Greek) >
Though in English the gendered suffixes don't all exist, even where they ought to. There is no such thing as a musicienne or a teamstress (or indeed a seamster ;-) ) and even in some cases where we could use a perfectly good Latin feminine (e.g. editrix) it never happens. Chris
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