Neuter

[William A Hupy]

From Latin, meaning not either…as in gender. A necessity when learning Latin, as there are three genders, as in German. I’ve wondered how, why and when for ages and still do not know the answer. Also, why words even have genders. Had this been the case in the original Indo European langauage? Did primitive speakers see male and female in all of the flora and fauna surrounding them and thought that words also required a gender? And then there were rocks…any thoughts?

[Audiendus]

I wondered about this too. See my 'Grammatical gender' thread of August 2022 in the Languages of the World forum, where it was discussed.