emasculate
/əˈmæskjuːlɪt/uh-MAS-kyoo-lit
/əˈmæskjulɪt/uh-MAS-kyoo-lit
Meaningto make un-male
Common meaning: to weaken
Other meanings: to castrate
- eout
- masculmaleLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1117 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘out’ + ‘male’ → emasculate
Journey through time
- Latinemasculare‘to castrate’source
- Englishemasculate‘to weaken’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin mās ‘male’.
Roots
- mās, maris; masculus Latin “male”
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