Where does “maundage” come from?
maundage (English) comes from English maund, from Middle English maunde, from Old French mandé, from Middle Dutch mande, from Old Dutch manda, from Proto-West Germanic mandu, from Portuguese Manuel, from Spanish Manuel — God is with us.
maundage (English): A quantity of goods measured in maunds
Definitions
- A quantity of goods measured in maunds
Ancestry of “maundage”, step by step
maundage traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English maund
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maund | A wicker basket; A unit of capacity with various... |
| 2 | Middle English | maunde | The Last Supper |
| 3 | Old French | mandé | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | mande | — |
| 5 | Old Dutch | manda | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | mandu | basket |
| 7 | Portuguese | Manuel | — |
| 8 | Spanish | Manuel | derived from biblical Emanuel |
| 9 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּאֵל | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | עִמָּנוּ אֵל | God is with us |
via English age
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | age | The whole duration of a being, whether animal,... |
| 2 | Middle English | age | The age of someone or rarely something; how old someone is |
| 3 | Old French | aage | age |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | aetaticum | age |
| 5 | Latin | aetās | the period of a life: lifetime, lifespan |
| 6 | Latin | aevitās | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | aiwotāts | age |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eyu- | vitality; eternal; vital force, life, long life,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ey- | vital force, life, age, eternity; day, morning |