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[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yep, though I think usually people just used 'man'; the 'wer' prefix was for when gender was important, like 'husband' or 'father'.

When the Normans invaded, the English language tilted more towards explicit gender. I blame the French.