The US state is fromFrenchMaine, named by its French explorers after the province in France with the same name; unrelated to the name of the river that flows through it. FromOld FrenchCemaine, fromLatin*Cenomania, from the name of theGaulishCenomani tribe ofGallia Celtica. The word wasrebracketed asce(“this”) +Maine, and thece- was lost by the 12th century.[1]
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| Inflection ofMaine (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Maine | — | |
| genitive | Mainen | — | |
| partitive | Mainea | — | |
| illative | Maineen | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Maine | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Maine | — |
| gen. | Mainen | ||
| genitive | Mainen | — | |
| partitive | Mainea | — | |
| inessive | Mainessa | — | |
| elative | Mainesta | — | |
| illative | Maineen | — | |
| adessive | Mainella | — | |
| ablative | Mainelta | — | |
| allative | Mainelle | — | |
| essive | Mainena | — | |
| translative | Maineksi | — | |
| abessive | Mainetta | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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FromOld FrenchCemaine, fromLatin*Cenomania, from the name of theGaulishCenomani tribe ofGallia Celtica. The word wasrebracketed asce(“this”) +Maine, and thece- was lost by the 12th century.
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From earlierMaienne, fromLatinMeduāna, of uncertain origin.Doublet ofMayenne.
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Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishMaine, fromFrenchMaine, fromOld FrenchCemaine, fromLatin*Cenomania, from the name of theGaulishCenomani tribe ofGallia Celtica.
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Borrowed fromFrenchMaine, fromOld FrenchCemaine, fromLatin*Cenomania, from the name of theGaulishCenomani tribe ofGallia Celtica.
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Unadapted borrowing fromFrenchMaine.
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Maine on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipediaes