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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mend | A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired... |
| 2 | Middle English | menden | cure |
| 3 | Middle English | amenden | to amend |
| 4 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 5 | Latin | ēmendō | to free from faults, correct, improve, remedy, amend, revise, cure |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |
via English ery
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ery | — |