Where does “maidmarian” come from?
maidmarian (English) comes from English maid, from Middle English mayde, from English maiden, from Middle English mayden, from Old English mægden, from Proto-West Germanic magadīn, from Proto-West Germanic -īn, from Proto-Germanic -īnaz — adjectival suffix.
maidmarian (English): A kind of dance
Definitions
- A kind of dance
Ancestry of “maidmarian”, step by step
maidmarian traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maid | A girl or an unmarried young woman; maiden; A... |
| 2 | Middle English | mayde | young woman |
| 3 | English | maiden | A girl or an unmarried young woman; A female... |
| 4 | Middle English | mayden | maiden |
| 5 | Old English | mægden | girl; virgin, young unmarried woman |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | magadīn | little girl |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -īn | Creates adjectives from nouns with the sense... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via English Marian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Marian | Of or relating to the Virgin Mary; Of or relating... |
| 2 | English | mary | A male homosexual |
| 3 | French | marie | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Old French | Marie | — |
| 5 | Latin | Marīa | Mary mother of Jesus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μαρία | Mary, Maria |
| 7 | Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |
| 8 | Aramaic | מרים | bitter |
| 9 | Biblical Hebrew | מִרְיָם | — |