Why in romance languages does the letter a represent femininity and the letter o masculinity?

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Why in romance languages does the letter a represent femininity and the letter o masculinity?

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I don’t think it applies to every romance language though ? For example in french, I think the letter commonsly associated with the feminine form is “e”. To use an adjective in its feminine form you more or less just add an -e at the end (and then often don’t even pronounce it but whatever).

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