English
mansion
Mansion comes from Latin mānsiō ‘dwelling, stopping-place’, and goes back to manēre ‘stay’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanēre‘stay’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānsiō‘dwelling, stopping-place’past participle stem of manēre
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mansion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mansioun‘a house, hostel, palace, etc’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611mansion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanēre‘stay’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānsiō‘dwelling, stopping-place’past participle stem of manēre
- Anglo-Normanc. 1066–1400mansion
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mansioun‘a house, hostel, palace, etc’
- Englishearliest quotation 1611mansion
Earliest quotation: 1611, The Holy Bible, London: […] Robert Barker: “In my Father's house are many mansions [translating μοναὶ…”
Equivalent to manse + -ion
Proto-West Germanic *uzmainasumōn
Old English āmǣnsumian ‘to excommunicate’
Middle English mansien
English manse
Linked words
through Latin manēre ‘stay’
manor, immanent, manse, 1 more
through Latin mānsiō ‘dwelling, stopping-place’
Today it means
noun A large luxurious house or building, usually built for the wealthy.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manēre / mansion