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demesne

/dəˈmeɪn/duh-MAYN
/dəˈmeɪn/duh-MAYN

Meaningone's own estate

Common meaning: land attached to a manor

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchmesneesource
  2. Middle Englishdemein‘domain’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsdomain → land attached to a manordemesne‘land attached to a manor’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old French mesnee ‘one's own estate’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry DEMESNE, p. 160 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • mesnee Old French “one's own estate”

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