Where does “mends” come from?
mends (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.
mends (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “mends”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mend | A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired... |
| 2 | Middle English | menden | — |
| 3 | Middle English | amenden | to amend |
| 4 | Old French | amender | to correct; to set right; to fix; to repair; to... |
| 5 | Latin | ēmendō | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | — |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | — |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | — |
| 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 |