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 == History and etymology ==
-This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament.
+This comma was known as the ''gentle comma'' from 2011. In 2022, [[Margo Schulter]] requested it should be changed to ''minor''/''lesser gentle comma'' to distinguish it from [[352/351]], which would gain the name ''major''/''greater gentle comma''. The reason why the temperament was named “gentle” in the first place does not appear to be written down anywhere.
+The ''minor minthma'' was also added to this comma in contrast to the ''major minthma'' of 352/351. Both commas were essential to define the [[gentle]] temperament.
 == See also ==
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 [[Category:Minor minthmic]]
+[[Category:Commas with unknown etymology]]
+[[Category:Commas named for the intervals they stack]]