mawmene

Middle English

Alternative forms

• malmenye, mameny, mammenye, mammony, maumene, maumenye, mawmany, mawmenee, mawmenny, mawmeny, mawmenye, mawmoune

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumenee, an alteration of Arabic مأمونية (maʔmūniyya) after malmener, maumener (“to mistreat”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma(u̯)mɛˈneː/, /ˈma(u̯)mɛneː/

Noun

mawmene

1. mawmenny (medieval English meat dish)

Descendants

• → English: mawmenny

References

• “maumenī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.