neutralis Latin · revision 8178

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Quintilian|origins=la neuter}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [nɛu̯ˈtraː.lɪs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [neu̯ˈtraː.lis]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''neutrālis''' (neuter neutrāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[neuter]] “neither” with the suffix [[-ālis]].^(Wiktionary)^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Quintilian, whom he dates c. 35–95/96 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a grammatical term, neuter, of gender.^(OLD 2012)^(Etymonline)

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+ British Medieval Latin used it for neutral, as a noun of people taking no side, and in grammar for intransitive.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''neutrale'' and Spanish ''neutral'', and gave [[en|neutral]] in the 1540s, first in alchemy and of states taking no side.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian uses it.^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1406 – A British council text uses it of neutrals.^(DMLBS)

+ * 1540s – English ''neutral'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # ''(grammar)'' [[m|en|Neuter]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' [[m|en|Neutral]], ''(grammar)'' intransitive.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[neuter]]

+ * [[en|neutral]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}