Where does “mendery” come from?

mendery (English) comes from English mend, from Middle English menden, from Middle English amenden, from Old French amender, from Latin ēmendō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.

mendery (English): The department of a library where damaged books...

Definitions

  1. The department of a library where damaged books...

Ancestry of “mendery”, step by step

mendery traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English mend

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmendA place, as in clothing, which has been repaired...
2Middle Englishmendencure
3Middle Englishamendento amend
4Old Frenchamenderto correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to...
5Latinēmendōto free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure
6LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
7Latincommūnicōto impart, share
8Latincommūniscommon, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together
9Old Latincom(m)oinis
10Proto-Italickommoiniscommon
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
12Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
13Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
14Middle Englishkyt
15Russianкитwhale; genitive plural of ки́та
16Old Church Slavonicкитъwhale
17Ancient Greekκῆτοςwhale, sea monster; abyss

via English ery

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishery
Every word from Ancient Greek κῆτος
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