mawmene
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
- malmenye, mameny, mammenye, mammony, maumene, maumenye, mawmany, mawmenee, mawmenny, mawmeny, mawmenye, mawmoune
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumenee, an alteration of Arabic مأمونية (maʔmūniyya) after malmener, maumener (“to mistreat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mawmene
Descendants edit
- → English: mawmenny
References edit
- “maumenī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.