Where does “bemean” come from?
bemean (English) comes from Middle English mene, from Middle English imene, from Old English ġemǣne, from Proto-West Germanic gamainī, from Proto-Germanic gamainiz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱom-moynis.
bemean (English): To mean; signify; inform; To make mean or base,...
Definitions
- To mean; signify; inform; To make mean or base,...
Ancestry of “bemean”, step by step
bemean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English mene
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | mene | — |
| 2 | Middle English | imene | mean, base, common; average, lowly, mean |
| 3 | Old English | ġemǣne | common, public, general, universal; common,... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |