moien

See also: Moien

Middle French

Noun

moien m (plural moiens)

Alternative form of moyen

Old French

Etymology

Spelled meien in early Old French, from Latin mediānus.

Noun

moien m (oblique plural moiens, nominative singular moiens, nominative plural moien)

middle; centre
mediator

Adjective

moien m (oblique and nominative feminine singular moiene)

middle; central
common; belonging to all

Descendants

Middle French: moyen
- French: moyen
Middle English: meene (from the earlier Old French form meien)
- English: mean

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (moien)

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