The story
- Latin · derived frommānsiō, mānsiōnem“house”
- Vulgar Latin · derived from*mānsiōnāta
- Old French · derived frommesnie“household”
- Anglo-Norman · derived frommaigne
- Middle English · inherited frommeine
- English todaymeinie
From Middle English meine, meyne, from Anglo-Norman maigne and Old French mesnie (“household”), from Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta, from Latin mānsiō, mānsiōnem (“house”). Compare menial.
Words from the same roots
Vulgar Latin*mānsiōnāta all →
menial
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.