men
/mɛn/ · noun
Meaning
- plural of man
- (The) people, humanity, man(kind).
- Enlisted personnel (as opposed to commissioned officers).
- Acronym of multiple endocrine neoplasia.
- A god once worshipped in the western interior parts of Anatolia, and associated with lunar symbolism.
- A surname.
- The twentieth letter of the Armenian alphabet.
Etymology / origin
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.
- män(Swedish)→
- mænd(Danish)→
- Männer(German)→
- *mann-(gem-pro)→
- *manniz(gem-pro)→
- menn(Old English)→
- men(Middle English)→
- men (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, inh, der, cog, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- men(Spanish) (bor)
- minola(Tagalog) (der)
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