Where does “maint” come from?

maint (French) comes from Middle French maint, from Old French maint, from Frankish menigda, from Proto-Germanic managiþō, from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- — many.

maint (French): many

Definitions

  1. many

Ancestry of “maint”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmaintmany; a lot of
2Old Frenchmaintvery; a lot; many
3Frankishmenigda—
4Proto-Germanicmanagiþōquantity; amount; multitude
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmonegʰ-many
Every word from Proto-Indo-European monegʰ- →
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