Etymology · Proto-Indo-European
*men-
24 English words descend from Proto-Indo-European *men-, most common first.
- gameA playful activity that may be unstructured; an amusement or pastime.
- manAn adult male human.
- minLess; smaller; lower.
- remainThat which is left; relic; remainder.
- mintA building or institution where money (originally, only coins) is produced under government licence.
- paramountHighest, supreme; also, chief, leading, pre-eminent.
- mingTo mix, blend, mingle.
- mantraThe hymn portions of the Vedas; any passage of these used as a prayer.
- mnemonicEspecially of a series of ideas, letters, words, etc.: intended to help in remembering.
- minnowAny of certain small fish.
- minionA loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
- mignonSmall and cute; pretty in a delicate way; dainty.
- promontoryA high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
- montaneOf, inhabiting, or growing in mountain areas; specifically, the cool, moist upland slopes below the timberline.
- monadOne thing, one being, one item.
- MintoA village in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland, where the seat of the Earl of Minto is located.
- moneTo admonish; advise; explain.
- PrometheanOf or pertaining to Prometheus, a demigod in Greek mythology who created mortals from clay and stole fire from Zeus to give to them, for which Zeus punished him by chaining him to a rock and having an eagle feed on his liver which grew back each night; he was later rescued by Heracles.
- minchA nun.
- MontagnardA member of La Montagne (The Mountain), a French political group active 1792-1799 during the French Revolution of 1789.
- messuageOriginally, a plot of land as the site for a dwelling house and its appurtenant interests; now, a dwelling house or residential building together with its outbuildings and assigned land.
- melomaniacOne with an abnormal fondness of music; a person who loves music.
- minchenA nun.
- promnesiaDéjà vu, a sense of having experienced some event before due to an imagined memory.