mendicant
English
/ˈmɛn.dɪ.kənt/
adj
Definitions
- Depending on alms for a living.
- Of or pertaining to a beggar.
- Of or pertaining to a member of a religious order forbidden to own property, and who must beg for a living.
Etymology
Root from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (fault, physical defect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mend-
Gloss
fault, physical defect
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amendable English
- amendatory English
- amends English
- emendable English
- mendiant English
- mendicancy English
- amendamentum Latin
- emendo Latin
- menda Latin
- mendax Latin
- mendum Latin
- ēmendō Latin
- antimendiants French
- mendiant French
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mend- Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- menden Middle English
- *mendu- Proto-Celtic