英语词汇“Indo-European root: men-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

Indo-European root: men-

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."
1. mouth, from Old English mūth, mouth, from Germanic *munthaz;
2. 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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