English word member comes from Proto-Indo-European *mems-ro, Proto-Indo-European *mems-, and later Proto-Indo-European *mḗms (Meat.)
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| *mems-ro | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | flesh |
| *mems- | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | meat, flesh*mimzą |
| *mḗms | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | Meat. |
| membrum | Latin (lat) | (Late Latin, Christianity) member of the Body of Christ, member of the church. (anatomy) limb of the body; member.. (euphemistic) the penis (membrum virīle). (grammar) clause of a sentence. A portion, division. Apartment, room in a house. Member of the state. |
| membre | Old French (842-ca. 1400) (fro) | |
| membre | Middle English (1100-1500) (enm) | |
| member | English (en) | (AU, law) the judge or adjudicator in a consumer court.. (computing) A file stored within an archive file.. (logic) One of the propositions making up a syllogism.. (math) Either of the two parts of an algebraic equation, connected by the equality sign.. (object-oriented programming) A function or piece of data associated with each separate instance of a class.. (set theory) An element of a [...] |