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Old English · suffix

-menne

Part of speech
suffix
IPA
/ˈmen.ne/
Syllables
ˈmen · ne (2 syllables)
Modern English
denotes

Meaning

  1. denotes having a certain number of people

Etymology

Perhaps dates back to a Proto-Germanic *-mannijaz. Equivalent to mann + -e.

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