Where does “menadă” come from?

menadă (Romanian) comes from French ménade, from Latin maenas, from Ancient Greek μαινάς, from Ancient Greek μαίνεσθαι — be furious.

menadă (Romanian): menada

Definitions

  1. menada

Ancestry of “menadă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchménademaenad follower of Dionysus
2Latinmaenasaccusative plural of maena; bacchant
3Ancient Greekμαινάςraving, frantic
4Ancient Greekμαίνεσθαιbe furious
Every word from Ancient Greek μαίνεσθαι →Every word from Ancient Greek μαινάς →Every word from Latin maenas →