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Re : Re: Fw: irregular conlangs -- Gender

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Date:Wednesday, October 13, 1999, 12:47
Dans un courrier dat=E9 du 09/10/99 00:16:15  , Matt a =E9crit :


> "Sex" is derived from the Latin root "seg-", meaning
>  "cut/divide", as in "segment", "section", and "insect".  So the original
>  sense of "sex" would seem to be "division" or "category".
> =20
>  Matt.
> =20

Greek "ethnos" also means "sex" and "people".

mathias