Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
plural of man
noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory(The) people, humanity, man(kind). · Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
From Middle English men, from Old English menn (“people”), from Proto-Germanic *manniz, nominative plural of Proto-Germanic *mann- (“person”). Cognate with German Männer (“men”), Danish mænd (“men”), Swedish män (“men”). More at man.
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