mener
Old French
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) to lead encourage something or someone to go somewhere
Etymology
Inherited from Latin *mināre (drive), minārī (threaten, project jut forth).
Origin
Latin
minārī
Gloss
threaten, project jut forth
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *menō Latin
- *mināre Latin
- *minō Latin
- minor Latin
- minārī Latin
- minō Latin
- menare Italian
- amener French
- emmener French
- malmener French
- mener French
- meneur French
- *men- Proto-Indo-European
- demener Old French
- meneor Old French
- pormener Old French
- mâna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- m'ner Norman
- prom'ner Norman
- pourmener Middle French
- min Aromanian
- menâ Friulian
- menar Old Occitan
- menar Venetian
- demener xno
- menur Dalmatian
- mener Ladin
- ménin Louisiana Creole French
- pourmener Gallo
- mner Picard