Mene

Morpheme

Mene

Type

bound base

Denotation

dwell, lodge, stay, abide

Etymology

(1) French ménage; Old French manage, from manoir, from maneir, from Latin manēre; (2) Middle English meyneal; Anglo-Norman meignial, mesnal; Old French mesnie, maisnee; unattested Vulgar Latin *mānsiōnāta; Latin mānsiō, from manēre

Evidence

menage, menagerie, menagerist, menages, menial, menialism, meniality, menialize, menially, menials, nonmenial, unmenial

See Also

Mane, Main, Mainder, Manse, Mas, Maison, Manor, Maenor

Homographs

Men(e) [Mene, Men], Mene, -mene