What is the root word for male?

Answer 1

The root word for male is "mas," which comes from the Latin word "masculus," meaning "male" or "manly." This root word is commonly used in various words related to males, such as masculinity, malevolent, and matriarch. It serves as the foundation for understanding the meanings and origins of words related to the male gender.

Answer 2

English is a mish-MASH of many languages, but the two most influential are French (Latin) and Old German (Anglo, Saxon, Jute, etc).

Man- as a Latin root usually means "hand." Thus we have the old words manage, manipulate, mandolin, etc.

In Germanic based words, man means "human" as in mandrill or chairman, woman, foreman, doorman, layman, postman, HUMAN, etc.

Answer 3

First attested in 1373, from the Old French masle (French mâle), from Latin masculus "masculine, male" (Provencal mascle, Spanish macho, Italian maschio), diminutive mas (genitive maris) "male person or animal, male."

Answer 4

A root word for male is man or you would call a male a boy