Where does “meine” come from?
meine (Middle English) comes from Old French mesnie, from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “meine”, step by step
meine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old French mesnie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | mesnie | household |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | mansionata | — |
| 3 | Latin | mansiō | An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Old High German gimeinī
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old High German | gimeinī | — |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | gamainī | common; shared, communal |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gamainiz | shared, communal, public; common, ordinary |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moynis | — |