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English word origin

Etymology of moon

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon From Middle English mone,

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noun

Any natural satellite of a planet. · The light received from the Moon; moonlight. · A month, particularly a lunar month. · A representation of the moon, usually as a crescent or as a circle with a face; a crescent-shaped shape, symbol, or object.

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

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      "args": {
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        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:mone<id:moon>",
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      },
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    },
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      "name": "inh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mone"
    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old English mōna (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
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        "2": "gmw-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *mānō"
    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mēnô",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "inh",
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        "2": "ine-pro",
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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "col-top",
      "args": {
        "1": "2",
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      },
      "expansion": "Cognates"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "muin"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots muin"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "yol",
        "2": "mona"
      },
      "expansion": "Yola mona"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "frr",
        "2": "moune"
      },
      "expansion": "North Frisian moune"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "Moune",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "moanne",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian moanne (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gsw",
        "2": "Maan"
      },
      "expansion": "Alemannic German Maan"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bar",
        "2": "mone",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Bavarian mone (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gmw-cfr",
        "2": "Mond",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Franconian Mond (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cim",
        "2": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "Cimbrian ma"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "maan"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch maan"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Mond",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "German Mond (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "li",
        "2": "maon"
      },
      "expansion": "Limburgish maon"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lb",
        "2": "Mound",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "mhn",
        "2": "mu'",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Mòcheno mu' (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "mönd"
      },
      "expansion": "Vilamovian mönd"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "vls",
        "2": "moane",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "West Flemish moane (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
        "2": "מאָנט",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "da,nb,nn,sv",
        "2": "måne",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fo,is",
        "2": "máni",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "nrn",
        "2": "måni",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Norn måni (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gme-cgo",
        "2": "mine",
        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "got",
        "2": "𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰",
        "t": "the Moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kw,cy",
        "2": "mis",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mí",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Irish mí (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gv",
        "2": "mee",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Manx mee (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gd",
        "2": "mìos",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mēnsis",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin mēnsis (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xum",
        "2": "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄",
        "t": "Moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "μήνας",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "muaj",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian muaj (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lv",
        "2": "mēnesis",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Latvian mēnesis (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
        "2": "mėnuo",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be,ru",
        "2": "ме́сяц",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg,mk",
        "2": "ме́сец",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "měsíc",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech měsíc (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "miesiąc"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish miesiąc"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ме̏се̄ц"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sk",
        "2": "mesiac",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "mesec",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene mesec (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "мі́сяць",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ամիս",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "μαο"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian μαο (mao)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb,sdh",
        "2": "مانگ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "meh",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish meh (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "мӕй",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "مياشت",
        "tr": "myâšt",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "مه",
        "tr": "mah"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian مه (mah)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "tg",
        "2": "моҳ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "mañ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "meñe",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मस् (mas)"
    },
    {
      "name": "etymon",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:mone<id:moon>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *med-\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Germanic *mēnô\nProto-West Germanic *mānō\nOld English mōna\nMiddle English mone\nEnglish moon"
    }
  ],
  "links": [
    [
      "*med-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/med-"
    ],
    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-#Proto-Indo-European:_measure"
    ],
    [
      "*mḗh₁n̥s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗh₁n̥s#Proto-Indo-European:_Moon"
    ],
    [
      "*mēnô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô#Proto-Germanic:_Moon"
    ],
    [
      "*mānō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mānō"
    ],
    [
      "mōna",
      "mona#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Middle_English:_moon"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Middle_English:_moon"
    ],
    [
      "mōna",
      "mona#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*mānō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mānō"
    ],
    [
      "*mēnô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô"
    ],
    [
      "*mḗh₁n̥s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗh₁n̥s"
    ],
    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-"
    ],
    [
      "muin",
      "muin#Scots"
    ],
    [
      "mune",
      "mune#Scots"
    ],
    [
      "mona",
      "mona#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "moone",
      "moone#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "moune",
      "moune#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "muun",
      "muun#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Moune",
      "Moune#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "moanne",
      "moanne#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Maan",
      "Maan#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "manä",
      "manä#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "manòd",
      "manòd#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "mànund",
      "mànund#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "meini",
      "meini#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "moanu",
      "moanu#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Bavarian"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#Central_Franconian"
    ],
    [
      "ma",
      "ma#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "maano",
      "maano#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "må",
      "må#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "maan",
      "maan#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "maen",
      "maen#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#German"
    ],
    [
      "maon",
      "maon#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "maond",
      "maond#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "moan",
      "moan#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "mond",
      "mond#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Moën",
      "Moën#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫnt",
      "Mǫnt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫe̩nt",
      "Mǫe̩nt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫǫnt",
      "Mǫǫnt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mound",
      "Mound#Luxembourgish"
    ],
    [
      "mu'",
      "mu'#Mòcheno"
    ],
    [
      "mönd",
      "mönd#Vilamovian"
    ],
    [
      "mönt",
      "mönt#Vilamovian"
    ],
    [
      "moane",
      "moane#West_Flemish"
    ],
    [
      "מאָנט",
      "מאָנט#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "Danish",
      "måne#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "måne#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "måne#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "måne",
      "måne#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "Faroese",
      "máni#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "máni",
      "máni#Icelandic"
    ],
    [
      "måni",
      "måni#Norn"
    ],
    [
      "mine",
      "mine#Crimean_Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰",
      "𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "Cornish",
      "mis#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "mis",
      "mis#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "mí",
      "mí#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "mee",
      "mee#Manx"
    ],
    [
      "mìos",
      "mìos#Scottish_Gaelic"
    ],
    [
      "mēnsis",
      "mensis#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄",
      "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄#Umbrian"
    ],
    [
      "μήνας",
      "μήνας#Greek"
    ],
    [
      "muaj",
      "muaj#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "mēnesis",
      "mēnesis#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "mēness",
      "mēness#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "mėnuo",
      "mėnuo#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "Belarusian",
      "месяц#Belarusian"
    ],
    [
      "ме́сяц",
      "месяц#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "Bulgarian",
      "месец#Bulgarian"
    ],
    [
      "ме́сец",
      "месец#Macedonian"
    ],
    [
      "měsíc",
      "měsíc#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "miesiąc",
      "miesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "mięsiąc",
      "mięsiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "mniesiąc",
      "mniesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "niesiąc",
      "niesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "ме̏се̄ц",
      "месец#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "мје̏се̄ц",
      "мјесец#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mȅsēc",
      "mesec#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mjȅsēc",
      "mjesec#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mesiac",
      "mesiac#Slovak"
    ],
    [
      "mesec",
      "mesec#Slovene"
    ],
    [
      "мі́сяць",
      "місяць#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "ամիս",
      "ամիս#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵",
      "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀",
      "𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "μαο",
      "μαο#Bactrian"
    ],
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      "μαυο",
      "μαυο#Bactrian"
    ],
    [
      "Central Kurdish",
      "مانگ#Central_Kurdish"
    ],
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      "مانگ",
      "مانگ#Southern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "meh",
      "meh#Northern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "мӕй",
      "мӕй#Ossetian"
    ],
    [
      "مياشت",
      "مياشت#Pashto"
    ],
    [
      "مه",
      "مه#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "ماه",
      "ماه#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "моҳ",
      "моҳ#Tajik"
    ],
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      "mañ",
      "mañ#Tocharian_A"
    ],
    [
      "meñe",
      "meñe#Tocharian_B"
    ],
    [
      "मस्",
      "मस्#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "मास्",
      "मास्#Sanskrit"
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      "month",
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Unnumbered source etymology · variant 2/2

Original entry ↗
verb

To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest. · To gaze at lovingly or in adoration. · To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone. · To spend time idly, absent-mindedly.

name

Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”).

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

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *med- Proto-Indo-European *meh₁-? Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s Proto-Germanic *mēnô Proto-West Germanic *mānō Old English mōna Middle English mone English moon From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon; month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). Cognates Cognate with Scots muin, mune (“moon”), Yola mona, moone (“moon”), North Frisian moune, muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Alemannic German Maan, manä, manòd, mànund, meini, moanu, Mond (“moon”), Bavarian mone (“moon”), Central Franconian Mond (“moon”), Cimbrian ma, maano, må (“moon”), Dutch maan, maen (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Limburgish maon, maond, moan, mond, Moën, Mǫnt, Mǫe̩nt, Mǫǫnt (“moon”), Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”), Mòcheno mu' (“moon”), Vilamovian mönd, mönt (“moon”), West Flemish moane (“moon”), Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”), Norn måni (“moon”), Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”), Gothic 𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰 (mēna, “the Moon”); also Cornish and Welsh mis (“month”), Irish mí (“month”), Manx mee (“month”), Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”), Latin mēnsis (“month”), Umbrian 𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄 (menzne, “Moon”), Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”), Albanian muaj (“month”), Latvian mēnesis (“month”), mēness (“moon”), Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”), Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”), Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”), Czech měsíc (“moon; month”), Polish miesiąc, mięsiąc, mniesiąc, niesiąc (“moon; month”), Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц, мје̏се̄ц, mȅsēc, mjȅsēc (“moon; month”), Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”), Slovene mesec (“moon; month”), Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”), Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”), Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”), 𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀 (måŋha, “moon”), Bactrian μαο (mao), μαυο (mauo, “month”), Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”), Northern Kurdish meh (“month”), Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”), Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”), Persian مه (mah), ماه (māh / mâh, “moon; month”), Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”), Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”), Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”), Sanskrit मस् (mas), मास् (mās, “moon; month”). See also month, a related term within Indo-European. The usage of "moon" to refer to the act reflected its use as a metaphor for the buttocks since 1743. It was popularised from American student slang in the 1960s.

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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Bavarian mone (“moon”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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      "expansion": "Luxembourgish Mound (“moon”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "wym",
        "2": "mönd"
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      "expansion": "Vilamovian mönd"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "vls",
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        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "West Flemish moane (“moon”)"
    },
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "yi",
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        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Yiddish מאָנט (mont, “moon”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "da,nb,nn,sv",
        "2": "måne",
        "t": "moon"
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    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "fo,is",
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        "t": "moon"
      },
      "expansion": "Faroese and Icelandic máni (“moon”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "nrn",
        "2": "måni",
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      "expansion": "Norn måni (“moon”)"
    },
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "gme-cgo",
        "2": "mine",
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      "expansion": "Crimean Gothic mine (“moon”)"
    },
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      "name": "cog",
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      "name": "cog",
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "ga",
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      "expansion": "Irish mí (“month”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "gv",
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      "expansion": "Manx mee (“month”)"
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      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "gd",
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      },
      "expansion": "Scottish Gaelic mìos (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "mēnsis",
        "t": "month"
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      "expansion": "Latin mēnsis (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "1": "xum",
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        "t": "Moon"
      },
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    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "el",
        "2": "μήνας",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Greek μήνας (mínas, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sq",
        "2": "muaj",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Albanian muaj (“month”)"
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    {
      "name": "cog",
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        "2": "mēnesis",
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      "expansion": "Latvian mēnesis (“month”)"
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      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "lt",
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      },
      "expansion": "Lithuanian mėnuo (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "be,ru",
        "2": "ме́сяц",
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      },
      "expansion": "Belarusian and Russian ме́сяц (mésjac, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "bg,mk",
        "2": "ме́сец",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Bulgarian and Macedonian ме́сец (mésec, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "cs",
        "2": "měsíc",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Czech měsíc (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "pl",
        "2": "miesiąc"
      },
      "expansion": "Polish miesiąc"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sh",
        "2": "ме̏се̄ц"
      },
      "expansion": "Serbo-Croatian ме̏се̄ц"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sk",
        "2": "mesiac",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovak mesiac (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sl",
        "2": "mesec",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Slovene mesec (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "uk",
        "2": "мі́сяць",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Ukrainian мі́сяць (mísjacʹ, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "hy",
        "2": "ամիս",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Armenian ամիս (amis, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ae",
        "2": "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Avestan 𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵 (mā̊ŋh, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xbc",
        "2": "μαο"
      },
      "expansion": "Bactrian μαο (mao)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ckb,sdh",
        "2": "مانگ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Central Kurdish and Southern Kurdish مانگ (mang, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "kmr",
        "2": "meh",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Northern Kurdish meh (“month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "os",
        "2": "мӕй",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Ossetian мӕй (mæj, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "ps",
        "2": "مياشت",
        "tr": "myâšt",
        "t": "month"
      },
      "expansion": "Pashto مياشت (myâšt, “month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "fa",
        "2": "مه",
        "tr": "mah"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian مه (mah)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "tg",
        "2": "моҳ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tajik моҳ (moh, “moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "xto",
        "2": "mañ",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian A mañ (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "txb",
        "2": "meñe",
        "t": "moon; month"
      },
      "expansion": "Tocharian B meñe (“moon; month”)"
    },
    {
      "name": "cog",
      "args": {
        "1": "sa",
        "2": "मस्"
      },
      "expansion": "Sanskrit मस् (mas)"
    },
    {
      "name": "etymon",
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":inh",
        "3": "enm:mone<id:moon>",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nProto-Indo-European *med-\nProto-Indo-European *meh₁-?\nProto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s\nProto-Germanic *mēnô\nProto-West Germanic *mānō\nOld English mōna\nMiddle English mone\nEnglish moon"
    }
  ],
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    [
      "*med-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/med-"
    ],
    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-#Proto-Indo-European:_measure"
    ],
    [
      "*mḗh₁n̥s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗh₁n̥s#Proto-Indo-European:_Moon"
    ],
    [
      "*mēnô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô#Proto-Germanic:_Moon"
    ],
    [
      "*mānō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mānō"
    ],
    [
      "mōna",
      "mona#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Middle_English:_moon"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Middle_English:_moon"
    ],
    [
      "mōna",
      "mona#Old_English"
    ],
    [
      "*mānō",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/mānō"
    ],
    [
      "*mēnô",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/mēnô"
    ],
    [
      "*mḗh₁n̥s",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/mḗh₁n̥s"
    ],
    [
      "*meh₁-",
      "Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/meh₁-"
    ],
    [
      "muin",
      "muin#Scots"
    ],
    [
      "mune",
      "mune#Scots"
    ],
    [
      "mona",
      "mona#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "moone",
      "moone#Yola"
    ],
    [
      "moune",
      "moune#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "muun",
      "muun#North_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Moune",
      "Moune#Saterland_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "moanne",
      "moanne#West_Frisian"
    ],
    [
      "Maan",
      "Maan#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "manä",
      "manä#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "manòd",
      "manòd#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "mànund",
      "mànund#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "meini",
      "meini#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "moanu",
      "moanu#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#Alemannic_German"
    ],
    [
      "mone",
      "mone#Bavarian"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#Central_Franconian"
    ],
    [
      "ma",
      "ma#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "maano",
      "maano#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "må",
      "må#Cimbrian"
    ],
    [
      "maan",
      "maan#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "maen",
      "maen#Dutch"
    ],
    [
      "Mond",
      "Mond#German"
    ],
    [
      "maon",
      "maon#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "maond",
      "maond#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "moan",
      "moan#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "mond",
      "mond#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Moën",
      "Moën#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫnt",
      "Mǫnt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫe̩nt",
      "Mǫe̩nt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mǫǫnt",
      "Mǫǫnt#Limburgish"
    ],
    [
      "Mound",
      "Mound#Luxembourgish"
    ],
    [
      "mu'",
      "mu'#Mòcheno"
    ],
    [
      "mönd",
      "mönd#Vilamovian"
    ],
    [
      "mönt",
      "mönt#Vilamovian"
    ],
    [
      "moane",
      "moane#West_Flemish"
    ],
    [
      "מאָנט",
      "מאָנט#Yiddish"
    ],
    [
      "Danish",
      "måne#Danish"
    ],
    [
      "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "måne#Norwegian_Bokmål"
    ],
    [
      "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "måne#Norwegian_Nynorsk"
    ],
    [
      "måne",
      "måne#Swedish"
    ],
    [
      "Faroese",
      "máni#Faroese"
    ],
    [
      "máni",
      "máni#Icelandic"
    ],
    [
      "måni",
      "måni#Norn"
    ],
    [
      "mine",
      "mine#Crimean_Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰",
      "𐌼𐌴𐌽𐌰#Gothic"
    ],
    [
      "Cornish",
      "mis#Cornish"
    ],
    [
      "mis",
      "mis#Welsh"
    ],
    [
      "mí",
      "mí#Irish"
    ],
    [
      "mee",
      "mee#Manx"
    ],
    [
      "mìos",
      "mìos#Scottish_Gaelic"
    ],
    [
      "mēnsis",
      "mensis#Latin"
    ],
    [
      "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄",
      "𐌌𐌄𐌍𐌆𐌍𐌄#Umbrian"
    ],
    [
      "μήνας",
      "μήνας#Greek"
    ],
    [
      "muaj",
      "muaj#Albanian"
    ],
    [
      "mēnesis",
      "mēnesis#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "mēness",
      "mēness#Latvian"
    ],
    [
      "mėnuo",
      "mėnuo#Lithuanian"
    ],
    [
      "Belarusian",
      "месяц#Belarusian"
    ],
    [
      "ме́сяц",
      "месяц#Russian"
    ],
    [
      "Bulgarian",
      "месец#Bulgarian"
    ],
    [
      "ме́сец",
      "месец#Macedonian"
    ],
    [
      "měsíc",
      "měsíc#Czech"
    ],
    [
      "miesiąc",
      "miesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "mięsiąc",
      "mięsiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "mniesiąc",
      "mniesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "niesiąc",
      "niesiąc#Polish"
    ],
    [
      "ме̏се̄ц",
      "месец#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "мје̏се̄ц",
      "мјесец#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mȅsēc",
      "mesec#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mjȅsēc",
      "mjesec#Serbo-Croatian"
    ],
    [
      "mesiac",
      "mesiac#Slovak"
    ],
    [
      "mesec",
      "mesec#Slovene"
    ],
    [
      "мі́сяць",
      "місяць#Ukrainian"
    ],
    [
      "ամիս",
      "ամիս#Armenian"
    ],
    [
      "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵",
      "𐬨𐬃𐬢𐬵#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀",
      "𐬨𐬂𐬢𐬵𐬀#Avestan"
    ],
    [
      "μαο",
      "μαο#Bactrian"
    ],
    [
      "μαυο",
      "μαυο#Bactrian"
    ],
    [
      "Central Kurdish",
      "مانگ#Central_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "مانگ",
      "مانگ#Southern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "meh",
      "meh#Northern_Kurdish"
    ],
    [
      "мӕй",
      "мӕй#Ossetian"
    ],
    [
      "مياشت",
      "مياشت#Pashto"
    ],
    [
      "مه",
      "مه#Persian"
    ],
    [
      "ماه",
      "ماه#Persian"
    ],
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      "моҳ",
      "моҳ#Tajik"
    ],
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      "mañ",
      "mañ#Tocharian_A"
    ],
    [
      "meñe",
      "meñe#Tocharian_B"
    ],
    [
      "मस्",
      "मस्#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "मास्",
      "मास्#Sanskrit"
    ],
    [
      "month",
      "month#English"
    ]
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        "To display one's buttocks to, typically as a jest, insult, or protest.",
        "To gaze at lovingly or in adoration.",
        "To fuss over something adoringly; to be infatuated with someone.",
        "To spend time idly, absent-mindedly."
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        "Alternative letter-case form of Moon (“the Earth's only permanent natural satellite”)."
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