mone

Meanings

Noun

• Communion; participation; companionship.
• Sexual intercourse.
• A companion.
• Mind; preference.

Verb

• To admonish; advise; explain.

Origin

• From Middle English mone, imone, from Old English gemāna ("community, company, society, common property, communion, companionship, intercourse, cohabitation"), from Proto-Germanic *gamainô ("community"), from Proto-Indo-European *moini- ("common, collective").
• From Middle English monien, from Old English monian, manian, from Proto-Germanic *manōną ("to admonish"), from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think"). Cognate with Saterland Frisian mania ("to admonish"), Dutch manen ("to admonish"), German mahnen ("to remind, admonish, urge").
• From Middle English mone, alteration (affected by monien) of *mine, from Middle English minen, mynen, munen, from Old English ġemynan, ġemunan. More at mind.