English word maiden comes from Proto-Indo-European *mogʷʰótis, Proto-Indo-European *maghu-, Proto-Indo-European *magʰ(u)-, and later Proto-Germanic *magaþs (Maiden, girl. Virgin.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*mogʷʰótis | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | girl |
*maghu- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | fellow, bachelor, unmarried, fellow, bachelor |
*magʰ(u)- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*mogʷʰotīnom | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*magadīną | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | |
*magaþs | Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) | Maiden, girl. Virgin. |
mæġeþ | Old English (ang) | |
mæġden | Old English (ang) | |
meiden | Middle English (enm) | |
maiden | English (en) | (cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.. (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.. (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.. (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.. (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.. Virgin. (Wicca). (cricket) A [...] |