Where does “Maine” come from?

Maine (French) comes from Old French Cemaine, from Latin Cenomania.

Ancestry of “Maine”, step by step

Maine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old French Cemaine

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old FrenchCemaine—
2LatinCenomania—

via French Maienne

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMaienne—
2LatinMeduananow the Mayenne

Words derived from “Maine”

Every word from Latin Cenomania →Every word from Old French Cemaine →