mone

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English mone, imone, from Old English gemāna (community, company, society, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation), from Proto-Germanic *gamainô (community), from Proto-Indo-European *moini- (common, collective).

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. (obsolete) Communion; participation; companionship.
  2. (obsolete) Sexual intercourse.
  3. (archaic) A companion.

Etymology 2

From Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian (to bring to mind what ought to be done, urge upon one what ought to be done, admonish, warn, exhort, instigate, bring to mind what should not be forgotten, remind, suggest, prompt, tell what ought to be done, teach, instruct, advise, claim, demand, ask of a person, remember), from Proto-Germanic *manōnan (to admonish), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (to think). Cognate with Eastern Frisian mania (to admonish), Dutch manen (to admonish), German mahnen (to remind, admonish, urge).

Verb

mone (third-person singular simple present mones, present participle moning, simple past and past participle moned)

  1. (transitive) To admonish; advise; explain.

Etymology 3

From Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien (to admonish)) of *mine (mind), from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan (to remember). More at mind.

Noun

mone (plural mones)

  1. Mind; preference.

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Latin

Verb

monē

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of moneō

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Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English mān.

Noun

mone

  1. A moan.

Etymology 2

From Old English mōna.

Noun

mone

  1. moon

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Volapük

Noun

mone

  1. dative singular of mon
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