mend
English
/mɛnd/
noun
Definitions
- A place, as in clothing, which has been repaired by mending.
- The act of repairing.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English menden root from Proto-Indo-European *mend- (fault, physical defect).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mend-
Gloss
fault, physical defect
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amendable English
- amendatory English
- amends English
- emendable English
- mendable English
- mender English
- mendery English
- mendest English
- mendeth English
- mendicant English
- remend English
- roadmender English
- shoemender English
- unmendable English
- amendamentum Latin
- emendo Latin
- menda Latin
- mendax Latin
- mendum Latin
- ēmendō Latin
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- *mend- Proto-Indo-European
- *méntis Proto-Indo-European
- menden Middle English
- *mendu- Proto-Celtic