Etymology

mien

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Today it means: Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. Full definition →

French mine
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The story

  1. French · derived frommine“appearance”
  2. English todaymien

From French mine (“appearance”) (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), perhaps from Breton min (“face of an animal”), or from Latin minio (“to redden”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchmine all →

mineMinero

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.