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
Ancestry of “maint”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Middle French | maint | many; a lot of |
| 2 | Old French | maint | very; a lot; many |
| 3 | Frankish | menigda | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | managiþō | quantity; amount; multitude |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | monegʰ- | many |