English
manyhood
Manyhood comes from Middle English *manyhode.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*manyhodereconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1907manyhood
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*manyhodereconstructed
- Englishearliest quotation 1907manyhood
Earliest quotation: 1907, William Norman Guthrie, The City of St. Francis: Being Three California Poems: “Then shalt thou rede the blessed law of the…”
Formed from many + -hood
Proto-Germanic *managaz ‘many’
Proto-West Germanic *manag
Old English maniġ
Middle English many
English many
Every English word from Middle English *manyhode
Today it means
noun The state or condition of being many; multiplicity; abundance
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English *manyhode / manyhood