Etymograph

English

mainor

Mainor comes from Anglo-Norman meinoure.

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400meinoure
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1821mainor

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400meinoure
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1821mainor

Earliest quotation: 1821, Anthony Mills: “for the future one credible Witness proveing the Fact,…”

Today it means

noun The act or fact, especially of theft.

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

Etymograph / Anglo-Norman meinoure / mainor