mone
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English mone, imone, from Old English gemāna (“community, company, society, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation”), from Proto-Germanic *gamainô (“community”), from Proto-Indo-European *moini- (“common, collective”).
Noun
mone (countable and uncountable, plural mones)
- (obsolete) Communion; participation; companionship.
- (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
- (archaic) A companion.
Etymology 2
From Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (“to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember”), from Proto-Germanic *manōną (“to admonish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania (“to admonish”), Dutch manen (“to admonish”), German mahnen (“to remind, admonish, urge”).
Verb
mone (third-person singular simple present mones, present participle moning, simple past and past participle moned)
Etymology 3
From Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (“to admonish”)) of *mine (“mind”), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (“to remember”). More at mind.
Bavarian
Etymology
From Old High German māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô. Cognate with German Mond, English moon, Icelandic máni, Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna).
References
- “mone” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Latin
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English mān, from Proto-Germanic *mainō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔːn/
- Rhymes: -ɔːn
Etymology 2
From Old English mōna, in turn from Proto-Germanic *mēnô; this comes from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s. The sense of the word as silver is the result of its astrological association with the planet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /moːn(ə)/
- Rhymes: -oːn(ə)
Noun
- (astronomy) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens; the Moon.
- (rare) A white, precious metal; silver.
- 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland.
- Tak j quarter oz of the sone and di. of the mone purgyd, And mak of both thes sotyl powder lymal.
- 1500, Singer, Catalogue of Latin and Vernacular Alchemical Manuscripts in Great Britain in Ireland.
Derived terms
References
- “mon(e (n.1)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.