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in reply to a message by Ailis
Isabeau is gorgeous. Love it.
I'm starting to tire of Isabelle and Isabeau is much more refreshing.
But Isabeau was never masculine, despite the "-beau" in there. In medieval France, one way to make a feminine nn was to have it end in an "o" sound: Marguerite --> Margot, Mathilde --> Mahaut, Marie --> Manon, Isabelle --> Isabeau. I have no idea why the spelling of the "o" sound varies so much.
I'm starting to tire of Isabelle and Isabeau is much more refreshing.
But Isabeau was never masculine, despite the "-beau" in there. In medieval France, one way to make a feminine nn was to have it end in an "o" sound: Marguerite --> Margot, Mathilde --> Mahaut, Marie --> Manon, Isabelle --> Isabeau. I have no idea why the spelling of the "o" sound varies so much.
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