mane

Meaning

Noun

  • Longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal, especially a horse or lion
  • Long or thick hair of a person's head.

Origin

  • From Middle English mane, mayne, from Old English manu, from Proto-West Germanic *manu, from Proto-Germanic *manō, from Proto-Indo-European *mony-, *mon-. Cognate with Dutch maan, manen, German Mähne, Swedish man, Icelandic mön.

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