maint
French
adj
Definitions
- (archaic) many
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French maint inherited from Old French maint derived from Frankish *menigda derived from Proto-Germanic *managiþō (multitude, large quantity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (many) derived from Gaulish *mantī derived from Proto-Celtic *mantī (quantity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mh₁-nt-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mh₁-nt-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- manifold English
- maniness English
- many English
- many-bodied English
- many-branched English
- many-handed English
- many-kinded English
- many-sided English
- manycore English
- manyfold English
- manyhood English
- manyness English
- manyplies English
- manywise English
- overmany English
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₁-nt- Proto-Indo-European
- *monegʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *managiþō Proto-Germanic
- many Middle English
- méad Irish
- méid Irish
- *mengd Old Norse
- maint Old French
- cymaint Welsh
- maint Welsh
- meintiol Welsh
- méit Old Irish
- meud Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- maint Middle French
- *mantī Proto-Celtic
- *menigda Frankish
- mant Old Occitan
- *mėnt Proto-Brythonic
- *mantī Gaulish
- mant Old Catalan