Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention. · To have as intentions of a given kind. · To intend (something) for a given purpose or fate; to predestine. · To intend an ensuing comment or statement as an explanation.
From Middle English menen (“to intend; remember; lament; comfort”), from Old English mǣnan (“to mean, complain”), Proto-West Germanic *mainijan, from Proto-Germanic *mainijaną (“to mean, think; complain”), from Proto-Indo-European *meyn- (“to think”), or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *meyno-, extended form of Proto-Indo-European *mey-. Germanic cognates include West Frisian miene (“to deem, think”) (Old Frisian mēna (“to signify”)), Dutch menen (“to believe, think, mean”) (Middle Dutch menen (“to think, intend”)), German meinen (“to think, mean, believe”), Old Saxon mēnian. Indo-European cognates include Old Irish mían (“wish, desire”) and Polish mienić (“to signify, believe”). Non-Indo-European cognates include Finnish mainita (“to mention”), Finnish meinata (“to mean, to plan, to intend”) Estonian mainima (“to mention”), Northern Sami máinnastit (“to tell”). Related to moan.
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These are extracted mentions, not a timeline or a verified sequence of immediate parents.
- Inherited-form mentionmenenenm
- Inherited-form mentionmǣnanang
- Inherited-form mention*mainijangmw-pro
- Inherited-form mention*mainijanągem-pro
- Derivation mention*meyn-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*meyno-ine-pro
- Derivation mention*mey-ine-pro
- Cognate mentionmienefy
- Cognate mentionmēnaofs
- Cognate mentionmenennl
- Cognate mentionmenendum
- Cognate mentionmeinende
- Cognate mentionmēnianosx
- Cognate mentionmíansga
- Cognate mentionmienićpl
- Cognate mentionmainitafi
- Cognate mentionmeinatafi
- Cognate mentionmainimaet
- Cognate mentionmáinnastitse
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"To intend, to plan (to do); to have as one's intention.",
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