Etymology — The origins of English words

From Latin mensis (“month”).

From mis- + heed.

From Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ, “change, mutation”) + -ize.

Variant of McMillan.

From mutual + -ism. Compare French mutualisme and Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish mutualismo.

From Latin Neapolis, from Ancient Greek Νεάπολις (Neápolis), from νέα (néa, “new”) + πόλις (pólis, “city”). Equivalent to neo- + -polis. Doublet of Nabeul, Nablus, Naples, Napoli, and Neapoli.

From Latin multifārius.

From mis- + recollection.

From Latin maxima (“greatest”). Doublet of maxim.

From the Irish variant of McMillan.

From nether- + man.

From multi- + cooker.

From nake + -ie (“photograph”), after selfie.

From neat + -en.

From narrate + -ology, after French narratologie.

From maximum + -al.

From Middle English meede, mede, from Old English mēd, meord, meard, meorþ (“meed, reward, pay, price, compensation, bribe”), from Proto-West Germanic *miʀdu, from Proto-Germanic *mizdō (“meed”), from Proto-Indo-European *misdʰéh₂, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to exchange”). Cognate with obsolete Dutch miede (“wages”), Low German Meed (“rent”), German Miete (“rent”), Gothic 𐌼𐌹𐌶𐌳𐍉 (mizdō, “meed, reward, payment, recompense”); further Ancient Greek μισθός (misthós, “wage”), Old Church Slavonic мьзда (mĭzda, “reward”), Sanskrit मीळ्ह (mīḷhá), Sanskrit मीढ (mīḍhá), Avestan 𐬨𐬍𐬲𐬛𐬀 (mīžda).

From Muscovy + -ian.

From mother + -ling.

From mystify + -er.

From Latin nefastus.

From multi- + centennial.

From Middle English nethernesse, from Old English niþernes (“deepness, the bottom, lowness, a low position”), from Proto-West Germanic *niþernassī, equivalent to nether + -ness. Cognate with Old High German nidarnassi, nidarnessi (“damnation”).

Borrowed from the Italian dialectal mustaccio (from Neapolitan) or mustacchio, ultimately from Ancient Greek.