释义 |
men-2 To project. Derivatives include mouth, menace, and mountain.- Suffixed zero-grade form *mn̥-to‑ in a western Indo-European word for a projecting body part, variously "chin, jaw, mouth."
- mouth, from Old English mūth, mouth, from Germanic *munthaz;
- mental2, from Latin mentum, chin.
- menace, minacious; amenable, demean1, promenade, from Latin minae, projecting points, threats.
- eminent, imminent, prominent, promontory, from Latin -minēre, to project, jut, threaten.
- Suffixed o-grade form *mon-ti‑. mons, Montagnard, montane, monte, monticule, mount1, mount2, mountain; amount, ultramontane, from Latin mōns (stem mont‑), mountain.
[Pokorny 1. men‑ 726, 2. menth‑ 732.] |
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