Mansion etymology

English

English word mansion comes from Proto-Indo-European *mnā-

Etymology of mansion

Detailed word origin of mansion

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*mnā- Proto-Indo-European (ine) to think
remansum Latin (lat)
mansus Latin (lat)
mansione Latin (lat)
mansion English (en) (Chinese astronomy) One of twenty-eight sections of the sky.. (UK) A luxurious flat (apartment).. (chiefly, _, in the plural) An individual habitation or apartment within a large house or group of buildings. (Now chiefly in allusion to John 14:2.). (historical) An astrological house; a station of the moon.. (obsolete) A house provided for a clergyman; a manse.. (obsolete) A stopping-place [...]

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