Where does “maine” come from?

maine (Estonian) comes from Finnish maine, from English maine, from French Maine, from Old French Cemaine, from Latin Cenomania.

maine (Estonian): reputation; prestige, renown, fame; earthly,...

Definitions

  1. reputation; prestige, renown, fame; earthly,...

Ancestry of “maine”, step by step

maine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmainereputation; prestige, renown, fame; predicate
2EnglishmaineObsolete form of main
3FrenchMaine—
4Old FrenchCemaine—
5LatinCenomania—

via Estonian maa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Estonianmaaearth; land; ground
2Proto-Finnicmaaearth, ground, soil; land, country
3Proto-Uralicmëxeearth, land
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵh₂sgreat
Every word from Latin Cenomania →Every word from Old French Cemaine →Every word from French Maine →