ménage

The story

1. French · borrowed fromménage
2. English todayménage

Borrowed from French ménage; compare Middle English menage, a parallel borrowing from an earlier form of the French word.

First known use, by meaning

• from 17th c. A household; a domestic situation.
• from 19th c. A type of cooperative society whereby all members pay a regular sum of savings, or through which goods can be paid for in installments.
• from 20th c. A group of people in a sexual relationship; especially, such a group that live together; the relationship itself.