Where does “maundful” come from?

maundful (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.

maundful (English): A basketful

Definitions

  1. A basketful

Ancestry of “maundful”, step by step

maundful traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English maund

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaundA wicker basket; A unit of capacity with various...
2Middle EnglishmaundeThe Last Supper
3Old Frenchmandé
4Middle Dutchmande
5Old Dutchmanda
6Proto-West Germanicmandubasket
7PortugueseManuel
8SpanishManuelderived from biblical Emanuel
9Hebrewעִמָּנוּאֵל
10Hebrewעִמָּנוּ אֵלGod is with us

via English ful

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishful
Every word from Hebrew עִמָּנוּ אֵל
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