Talk:gendre
@Word dewd544 Hello. Do you know what explains the difference of treatment between genre (from genus, generis) and gendre (from gener, generī)? Why did the latter develop an epenthetic d? --Per utramque cavernam 22:13, 18 May 2018 (UTC)
- According to the TLFi, genre was a (semi-learned) borrowing, with one Old French variant form actually being gendre, supposedly influenced by the verb gendrer, from generare (cf. the related engendrer); on the other hand, the separate word gendre, with this epenthetic d, was inherited. Word dewd544 (talk) 16:52, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
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I cannot imagine anyone spells it like this on purpose. DTLHS (talk) 04:04, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
- I managed to find one cite from 1530 (on the citations page), but I suspect that is simply a holdover from the Middle English word gendre meaning type or kind. Kiwima (talk) 00:11, 9 August 2018 (UTC)
RFV-failed Kiwima (talk) 21:56, 9 September 2018 (UTC)