Etymology

Suppletive verb; verbal noun from Proto-Brythonic *moned (compare Cornish mones, Breton mont), verbal noun of Proto-Celtic *monītor (compare Middle Irish muinithir ‎(“goes around”)), from Proto-Indo-European *menH- (compare Umbrian menes ‎(“will come”), Lithunaian mìnti ‎(“to trample, scutch”)). Indicative forms from Proto-Celtic *ageti ‎(“to drive”) (compare Old Irish aigid), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (compare Latin agō). The forms in el- are from Proto-Celtic *ɸel- ‎(“to approach, drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (compare Latin pellō ‎(“strike, drive”), Epic Greek πίλναμαι ‎(pílnamai, “approach”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈməned/