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Lemaire

Lemaire comes from French maire ‘the mayor’, from Old French maire ‘primary’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- ‘great’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meǵh₂-‘great’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂yōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*majjōsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaior‘forefathers’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400maire‘primary’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘the mayor’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLemaire
  8. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*meǵh₂-‘great’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*méǵh₂yōsreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*majjōsreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmaior‘forefathers’
  5. Old Frenchc. 842–1400maire‘primary’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘the mayor’
  7. French, derivedc. 1600–presentLemaire
  8. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- ‘great’

much, magistrate, mastery, maestro, meister, masterly, magisterium, 7 more

through Proto-Italic *majjōs

majority, 5 more

through Latin maior ‘forefathers’

major, mayor, merino, maggiore, 6 more

Today it means

name A surname from French.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂- / Lemaire

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