moon

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The large round object that shines in the sky at night and circles the Earth.

   The full moon lit up the whole garden.

2. 2
   noun

   A natural object that circles a planet.

   Jupiter has more than sixty moons.

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Simplified etymology

Moon is an Old English word that goes back to the same ancient root as month and measure.

From Middle English mone, from Old English mōna (“moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānō, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô (“moon”), from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s (“moon, month”), probably from *meh₁- (“to measure”). cognates and doublets Cognate with Scots mone, mune, muin (“moon”), North Frisian muun (“moon”), Saterland Frisian Moune (“moon”), West Frisian moanne (“moon”), Dutch maan (“moon”), German Mond (“moon”), Danish måne (“moon”), Norwegian Bokmål måne (“moon”), Norwegian Nynorsk måne (“moon”), Swedish måne (“moon”), Faroese máni (“moon”), Icelandic máni (“moon”), Latin mēnsis (“month”).…

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