Etymology

Mais

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Middle High German meiz
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The story

  1. Middle High German · derived frommeiz“cleared land”
  2. English todayMais

* As an English surname (Durham), variant of Mayes. * As a German surname, from the obsolete Middle High German meiz (“cleared land”).

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