menial

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or relating to work normally performed by a servant.
• Of or relating to unskilled work.
• Servile; low; mean.

Noun

• A servant, especially a domestic servant.
• A person who has a subservient nature.

Origin

• From Middle English meinial, from Anglo-Norman mesnal, from maisnee, from Vulgar Latin mansionata, from Latin mansiōnem, accusative singular of mansiō.