Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗To give as a name to; name; call (someone something). · To appoint; nominate. · To mention; speak of; give an account of; tell. · To utter; mention the name of.
From Middle English nevenen, nevnen, nemmen, nempnen, nemnen, from Old English nemnan, nemnian (“to name, call, give a name to a person or thing; use such and such a name or title in speaking of a person or thing; enumerate; address, speak to; nominate; call upon the name of, address by name, invoke; mention by name, mention, relate”) and Old Norse nefna (“to name, call”); both from Proto-Germanic *namnijaną (“to name”). More at name.
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- Inherited-form mentionnevenenenm
- Inherited-form mentionnemnanang
- Derivation mentionnefnanon
- Inherited-form mention*namnijanągem-pro
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