Where does “amain” come from?
Amain derives from English main and English and combined with Latin ad- (to) and Latin manus (hand), tracing back through Proto-Indo-European h₂epo and Proto-Indo-European al-.
amain (English): With all one's might; forcefully, violently;...
Definitions
- With all one's might; forcefully, violently;...
Ancestry of “amain”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | amainar | to abate, to die down, to subside, to let up, to... |
| 2 | Italian | ammainare | to lower, to strike (a flag) |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | invaginare | — |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 5 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |