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English word origin

Etymology of Moon

[Alt: Bright face of the Moon] From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure

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Source etymology 1

Original entry ↗
name

The Earth's moon; the sole natural satellite of the Earth, represented in astronomy and astrology by ☾. · A personification of the moon. · The 54th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

[Alt: Bright face of the Moon] From Middle English Mone, mone, from Old English mōna, from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Doublet of Máni.

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Source etymology 2

Original entry ↗
name

A surname. · An unincorporated community in Morgan County, Kentucky. · A township in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. · A ghost town in Pennington County, South Dakota.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

* A variant of Mohan, from Irish. * A habitational name of Norman origin from Moyon in La Manche. Compare Mounce. * An Americanized form of German Mohn or a similar surname. * A variant of Mun, from Korean. * A variant Romanization of Chinese 文 (Wén), 萬 /万 (Wàn), and 滿 /满 (Mǎn). * Possibly from Cantonese 滿 /满 (mun⁵, “full; complete”).

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  • Borrowed-form mentionMohnde
  • Borrowed-form mention文zh
  • Borrowed-form mention滿yue · full; complete

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