Where does “honeymoon” come from?
Honeymoon comes from English honey and moon, with moon deriving from Middle English mone, Middle English mine, Proto-Germanic mēnô, and Proto-Indo-European mḗh₁n̥s, ultimately from the root men-.
honeymoon (English): The period of time immediately following a...
Definitions
- The period of time immediately following a...
Ancestry of “honeymoon”, step by step
honeymoon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English honey
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | honey | A viscous, sweet fluid produced from plant nectar... |
| 2 | Middle English | hony | Honey; Nectar; the secretion of flowers;... |
| 3 | Old English | huniġ | honey |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | hunag | honey |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *hunagą | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hunangą | Alternative form of *hunagą |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂onk-o-s | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kn̥h₂ónks | honey |
via English moon
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moon | Any natural satellite of a planet; A month,... |
| 2 | Middle English | mone | A lamentation; A moan, complaint; The celestial... |
| 3 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 4 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |