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Where does “moanfully” come from?

moanfully (English) comes from English moanful, from English moan, from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Sanskrit महायान, from Sanskrit यान — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.

moanfully (English): In a moanful manner

Definitions

  1. In a moanful manner

Ancestry of “moanfully”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmoanfulFull of moaning; expressing sorrow
2Englishmoana low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure;...
3Middle EnglishMone—
4Old Englishmānbad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;...
5Sanskritमहादेव—
6Sanskritमहाcombining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,...
7Sanskritमहायान—
8Sanskritयानcarriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,...
9Proto-Indo-AryanyáHnam—
10Proto-Indo-IranianyáHnam—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanyéh₂-nom—
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyeh₂-to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel
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