demaine
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Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
demaine m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demaine)
- seignorial; lordly
- possessive (indicating possession, ownership)
Etymology 2[edit]
Substantivation of the above adjective, or taken from Latin dominium.
Noun[edit]
demaine oblique singular, m (oblique plural demaines, nominative singular demaines, nominative plural demaine)
- entourage of a king or another important person
- holdings (land)
- c. 1155, Wace, Le Roman de Brut:
- Romain en demaine l'avoient
- The Romans had it as a territory
Descendants[edit]
- French: domaine
- → Italian: demanio
- → Middle English: demayne
- English: demesne
- → Middle English: demeine, demain
- English: domain
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (demaine)