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main.

hand

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/mɛ̃/

  1. hand

    feminine

  2. handball

    feminine

  3. hand

    feminine

  4. quire

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano and Italian mano.

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