mant

From Old Catalan mant. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *managiþō, cognate with Old French maint, or possibly from a conflation of tantus (“many”) + magnum (“large”).

mant (feminine manta, masculine plural mants, feminine plural mantes)

1. much; a lot (of)
   • 1283, Ramón Lull, Blanquerna, page 76:

     Mant hom se vana que murria pel vostre Fill, si lloch venia; mas paucs son cells qui·l vagen preycar als infeels, car mort los fay duptar.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

     Many men boast that they would die for your Son, if it came to that; however few are they who preach to the infidels, as death makes them doubt.

   • 1983, Isabel Clara Simó, Júlia, page 108:

     Trucà manta vegades. A la fi l’obriren, una minyona de cabells vermells que no hi era el dia que hi feren la visita en què es prometeren.

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

     He rang many times. Finally someone opened the door, a maid with red hair who wasn't there on the day he made te visit to promise themselves in marriage.

mant

1. in abundance, galore

• a balquena, a cabassos, a grapats, a manats

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*manigiþō-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 160, page 512
• “mant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Proto-Germanic *managiþō. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French maint.

mant

1. much; a lot (of)

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “*manigiþō-”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 160, page 512