different between demesne vs demain

English

Etymology

From Middle English demayne, from Anglo-Norman demeyne, demene et al., Old French demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine (“power”) (whence French domaine (“domain”)), a noun use of an adjective, from Latin dominicus (“belonging to a lord or master”), from dominus (“master, proprietor, owner”). See dame. Doublet of domain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??me?n/, /d??mi?n/
• Hyphenation: de?mesne
• Rhymes: -e?n, -i?n
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

demesne (plural demesnes)

1. A lord’s chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor’s own use.
2. A region or area; a domain.
   • 1816, John Keats, On First Looking into Chapman's Homer, lines 5-6

     Oft of one wide expanse had I been told
     That deep-brow'd Homer ruled as his demesne;

Translations

References

• demesne in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• seedmen

Old French

Adjective

demesne m (oblique and nominative feminine singular demesne)

1. Alternative form of demaine

Noun

demesne m (oblique plural demesnes, nominative singular demesnes, nominative plural demesne)

1. Alternative form of demaine

English

Noun

demain (plural demains)

1. (obsolete, Britain, law) A demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.

See also

• Doomsday Book / Doomsday Book
• Domesday Book / Domesday Book

Anagrams

• Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Median, Medina, Midean, aidmen, maenid, maiden, mained, median, medina, meidan

French

Etymology

From Old French demain, from Late Latin de m?ne (“of the morning”), from d? + Latin m?ne (“in the morning”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?- (“to mature, ripen”). Compare Italian domani, Catalan demà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?.m??/

Adverb

demain

1. tomorrow

Derived terms

Further reading

• “demain” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• Damien
• médian
• médina
• mendia

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin de m?ne (“of the morning”), from de + Latin m?ne (“in the morning”).

Adverb

demain

1. tomorrow

Descendants

• French: demain