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minus-squareFirst_Thunder@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoIt was deprecated in most Latin based languages though
minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·2 months agoNot quite deprecated but merged with the masculine, once the case system was eroded enough. That’s one of the reasons Romance languages typically default to the masculine, if you “force” a genderless word (like a verb) into a noun role.
It was deprecated in most Latin based languages though
Not quite deprecated but merged with the masculine, once the case system was eroded enough. That’s one of the reasons Romance languages typically default to the masculine, if you “force” a genderless word (like a verb) into a noun role.