Etymology Explorer › Middle English

Where does “maymen” come from?

maymen (Middle English) comes from Old French mahaigner — to mutilate.

Ancestry of “maymen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmahaignerto mutilate

Words derived from “maymen”

  • maim
  • maimer
  • maimeth
  • maimee
Every word from Old French mahaigner →