Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged). · To add fuel to (a fire). · To correct or put right (an error, a fault, etc.); to rectify, to remedy. · To put (something) in a better state; to ameliorate, to improve, to reform, to set right.
From Middle English menden (“to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent”), the aphetic form of amenden (“to alter, change (especially for the better); to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure; to excel, surpass; to forgive; to get or make better, improve; to make ready; to mend, repair, restore; to get well, recover; to relieve”), or from its etymon Anglo-Norman amender and Old French amender (“to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct”) (modern French amender), from Latin ēmendāre, the present active infinitive of ēmendō (“to atone; to chastise, punish; to correct, remedy, amend; to cure”), from ē- (variant of ex- (prefix meaning ‘away; out’)) + mendum (“defect; error, fault”) (from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (“defect; fault”)) + -ō (suffix forming first-conjugation verbs).
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- Root classification mention*mend-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mentionmendenenm · to cure; to do good to, benefit; to do or make better, improve; to get better, recover; to keep in a good state; to put right, amend; to reform, repent
- Derivation mentionamenderfro · to cure; to fix, repair; to set right, correct
- Cognate mentionamenderfr
- Derivation mentionēmendārela
- Derivation mention*mend-ine-pro · defect; fault
This page abbreviates 26 auxiliary source items. The etymology narrative is not shortened. Omission counts are available in the audit fields below; consult the original for complete auxiliary material.
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