The Latin word for masculine is known as masculinum. It is a gender that refers not only to males but also to the objects that is classified as male.
It is a Latin word for the word masculin. Masculin meaning to be manly. A male as opposed to a female.
Nouns in English can be categorized as either masculine, feminine, or neuter, though this system is not as prevalent in English as it is in some other languages. Generally, English nouns do not have gender like they do in languages such as Spanish, French, or German.