maint

Betekenis (Engels)

Det

many

Pron

many

Sinonieme

beaucoup

beaucoup de

nettement

plusieurs

souvent

très

vivement

vraiment

Vertalings

much

molto

viel

veel

mucho

molt

muito

many

a lot of

birçok

zahlreich

manche

plenty of

many a

mancher

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/mɛ̃/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle French: maint

Geërf van Old French: maint

Verwante met Middle Dutch: menichte

Verwante met Middle High German: mennichte

Verwante met Old English: menigdu

Verwante met Wallies: maint

Verwante met Old Irish: méit

In summary

Inherited from Middle French maint, from Old French maint, meint (“many”), from Frankish *managiþu (“a large quantity, a great many”), from Proto-Germanic *managiþō (“large quantity, multitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *monegʰ- (“many”). Cognate with Middle Dutch menichte (“multitude, great number”), Middle High German mennichte (“quantity”), Old English menigdu (“group of people”). More at many.
Alternatively, the Old French could be from Gaulish *mantī, from Proto-Celtic *mantī (“quantity”) (compare Welsh maint, Old Irish méit), from Proto-Indo-European *mh₁-nt-, from *meh₁- (“to measure”).