On Wed, 21 Oct 2020 at 15:00, Matthew Woehlke <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 21/10/2020 00.57, Robert Delmenico wrote: > > Also: > > > The word 'Man' in the Old English sense 'mann' had the primary meaning > of "adult male human" > > Citation needed, particularly as the other thread contains a statement > which directly contradicts this. > > It was I who made that statement. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/man#Etymology_1 See also the usage notes on that page for a little more of the etymology (it clarifies aspects that are ambiguous in the etymology ifself). It also gives a link to the Old English "mann" (from which "man" derives) that makes clear that the primary meaning of "mann" in OE was person/human and that it was rarely used to mean adult male. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mann#Old_English -- Paul
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