Etymology

maun

M3A1U1N1

Today it means: To have to; must. Full definition →

Middle English mau(e)n ← Old English magon
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Old English · inherited frommagon
  2. Middle English · inherited frommau(e)n
  3. English todaymaun

From Middle English mau(e)n, mowen, from Old English magon, plural present indicative of magan (“to be able to, may”). More at mow, may.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.