| 1 | Middle English | men | Alternative form of man; plural of mon |
| 2 | Old English | menn | plural of mann; men, persons, human beings;... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | manniz | nominative/vocative plural of *mann- |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mann- | human, human being, person, individual; name of... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |