Timeline for Do Latin loanwords conserve their gender?
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| Feb 19, 2020 at 7:02 | comment | added | sumelic | In Classical Latin, "status" actually has a short a sound, so the Classical Latin plural is not [ˈstaːtuːs] but [ˈstatuːs]. | |
| May 29, 2014 at 4:19 | comment | added | Ingmar | As long as you don't use viri or, worse, virii in the plural ... | |
| Oct 18, 2013 at 5:13 | comment | added | chirlu | Another example is virus, which is neutral in Latin, but looks like a masculine noun. Consequently, both das Virus and der Virus are in use. | |
| Sep 12, 2011 at 16:12 | comment | added | Jules | Thanks for pointing out the status one. One of my pet peeves. In addition the neutrum nominative plural ending on "a" is often confused with the feminine nominative singular. | |
| Jun 9, 2011 at 22:40 | history | edited | ladybug | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 9, 2011 at 22:30 | history | answered | ladybug | CC BY-SA 3.0 |