maint
Old French
adverb
Definitions
- very; a lot
Etymology
Borrowed from Frankish *menigda derived from Proto-Germanic *managiþō (multitude, large quantity) derived from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (many) borrowed 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
- maint French
- *meh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *mh₁-nt- Proto-Indo-European
- *monegʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- *managiþō Proto-Germanic
- méad Irish
- méid Irish
- *mengd Old Norse
- mant Catalan, Valencian
- 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