yemen
/ˈjeːmən/ · verb
Meaning
- To pay attention or notice:
- To look after or take care of.
- To monitor or protect; to keep watch.
- To adhere or follow (a rule or observance)
- To govern or administer; to exercise dominion over.
- To detain or imprison.
- To ensure or take care (to do).
- To put away; to reserve.
- plural of yeman
Etymology / origin
Inherited from Anglian Old English ġēman (West Saxon Old English ġīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *gaumijan, from Proto-Germanic *gaumijaną; by surface analysis, yeme (“attention”) + -en (infinitive suffix).
- *gaumijaną(gem-pro)→
- *gaumijan(gmw-pro)→
- ġīeman(ang-wsx)→
- ġēman(ang-ang)→
- ġēman(ang-ang)→
- yemen (Middle English)
- Relations: inh, inh, cog, inh, inh
Related words
Descendant words
- gaum(English) (cog)
- yeme(English) (inh)
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