mawmene
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- malmenye, mameny, mammenye, mammony, maumene, maumenye, mawmany, mawmenee, mawmenny, mawmeny, mawmenye, mawmoune
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumenee, an alteration of Arabic مأمونية (maʔmūniyya) after malmener, maumener (“to mistreat”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mawmene
Descendants[edit]
- → English: mawmenny
References[edit]
- “maumenī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.