English
moon
Moon comes from Middle English mone ‘the celestial body closest to the Earth’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s ‘moon’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mḗh₁n̥s‘moon’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mēnôreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mōna
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mone‘the celestial body closest to the Earth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526moon
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*mḗh₁n̥s‘moon’reconstructed
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*mēnôreconstructed
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mānōreconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mōna
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500mone‘the celestial body closest to the Earth’
- Englishearliest quotation 1526moon
Earliest quotation: 1526, [William Tyndale, The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible): “Immediatly after the tribulacions off thoſe dayes / ſhall…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *meh₁- ‘to measure’
measure, meal, moral, meter, immense, metric, dimensional, dimension, metre, meta, mesa, moody, asymmetry, commensurate, mensa, madder, metrology, mete, metis, metra, firman, moodiness, 64 more
through Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s
month, menstrual, menses, 7 more
through Proto-Germanic *mēnô
through Middle English mone ‘the celestial body closest to the Earth’
Today it means
name Any natural satellite of a planet.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s / moon