Where does “moonlight flit” come from?
moonlight flit (English) comes from English moonlight, from Middle English moonelight, from Middle English Mone, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा, from Proto-Indo-Aryan maźʰā́, from Proto-Indo-Iranian maȷ́ʰā́ — big, great.
moonlight flit (English): An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night
Definitions
- An act of secretly leaving premises without paying the rent, supposedly at night by the light of the Moon; hence, any act of escaping at night
Ancestry of “moonlight flit”, step by step
moonlight flit traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English moonlight
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | moonlight | The light reflected from the Moon; To work on the... |
| 2 | Middle English | moonelight | moonlight |
| 3 | Middle English | Mone | A lamentation; a sorrowful moan or expression |
| 4 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | महादेव | the "great God" |
| 6 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | maźʰā́ | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | maȷ́ʰā́ | big, great |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | méǵh₂s | big, great |