Where does “honeymooner” come from?
honeymooner (English) comes from English honeymoon, from English moon, from Middle English mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
honeymooner (English): A person on his/her honeymoon
Definitions
- A person on his/her honeymoon
Ancestry of “honeymooner”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | honeymoon | The period of time immediately following a... |
| 2 | English | moon | Any natural satellite of a planet; A month,... |
| 3 | Middle English | mone | A lamentation; A moan, complaint; The celestial... |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |