"maleness" meaning in English

See maleness in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: malenesses [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English maleness From male + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|male|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin masculus Vulgar Latin masclus Old French maslebor. Middle English male English male Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English maleness [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "male", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "male", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "masculus", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Vulgar Latin", "term" : "masclus", "lang" : "la-vul" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "masle", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "male", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "male", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "denominative", "children" : [ ], "status" : "missing", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inōną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "-ness", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "verbal", "children" : [ ], "status" : "redlink", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-dyé-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "maleness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="maleness"> From male + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} maleness (countable and uncountable, plural malenesses)
  1. The characteristic, state or condition of being male. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: masculineness, masculinity Coordinate_terms: femaleness Translations (characteristic, state or condition of being male): Männlichkeit [feminine] (German)

Inflected forms

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