Where does “meany” come from?
meany (English) comes from Middle English meyne, from Middle English meine, from Old French mesnie, from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
meany (English): Alternative spelling of meanie
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of meanie
Ancestry of “meany”, step by step
meany traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle English meyne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | meyne | Alternative form of min; Alternative form of mayn |
| 2 | Middle English | meine | — |
| 3 | Old French | mesnie | household |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mansionata | — |
| 5 | Latin | mansiō | An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English mean
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mean | To intend |
| 2 | Middle English | menen | to intend, to mean to indicate or signify; to... |
| 3 | Old French | mener | to lead |
| 4 | Latin | minō | to drive or goad (animals) |
| 5 | Latin | mina | A Greek weight equal to 100 drachmas; A Greek... |
| 6 | Gaulish | mēnā | ore, mine |
| 7 | Proto-Celtic | *meinis | ore, metal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy(H)nis | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)mēy(H)- | to cut, hew |