Where does “menyie” come from?
menyie (Scots) comes from Middle English meyne, from Middle English meine, from Old French mesnie, from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
menyie (Scots): household, family, kin
Definitions
- household, family, kin
Ancestry of “menyie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | meyne | Alternative form of min; Alternative form of mayn |
| 2 | Middle English | meine | — |
| 3 | Old French | mesnie | household |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | mansionata | — |
| 5 | Latin | mansiō | An act or instance of staying, remaining; stay, continuance |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |