From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
Meanings
A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
We heard the distant moan of a stag in pain.
let out a deep moan
(obsolete) A lament or sorrow.
to thee therefore oh Lord do I make my moan, to thee I render my humble petition, and pour out my soul which hath sinned against thee: Oh Lord, I beseech thee for thy infinite mercy in Jesus Christ, to take pity upon mee[…] 1660, John Ball, A treatise of divine meditation, page 255:
it shall be my daily grief and moan, that I am so dull, & do so little[…]But if when all is done that we can do, you will leave us nothing but our tears and moans for self-destroyers, the sin is yours, and the suffering shall be yours. 1662, Richard Baxter, Now or never the holy, serious, diligent believer justified, encouraged, excited and directed, and the opposers and neglecters convinced by the light of Scripture and reason, pages 131 and 239:
ru стон (a low cry of pain) · de Ächzen (a low cry of pain) · nl kreun (a low cry of pain) · fi voihke (a low cry of pain) · bg стена́ние (a low cry of pain) · es gemido (a low cry of pain) · de Stöhnen (a low cry of pain) · ota زار (a low cry of pain) · pl jęk (a low cry of pain) · az zarıltı (a low cry of pain) · fr gémissement (a low cry of pain) · sv stön (a low cry of pain) · kmr axîn (a low cry of pain) · ca gemec (a low cry of pain) · cs nářek (a low cry of pain) · es quejido (a low cry of pain) · fi voihkinta (a low cry of pain) · gl laio (a low cry of pain) · ja 呻き声 (a low cry of pain) · az inilti (a low cry of pain) · it gemito (a low cry of pain) · ro gemete (a low cry of pain) · ro geamăt (a low cry of pain) · pt gemido (a low cry of pain) · kea jemidu (a low cry of pain) · ja 呻き (a low cry of pain) · cmn 呻吟 (a low cry of pain) · pt lamento (a low cry of pain) · ko 신음 (a low cry of pain) · kk ыңыл (a low cry of pain) · kmr oxîn (a low cry of pain) · nn støn (a low cry of pain) · gd caoidh (a low cry of pain) · enm mone (a low cry of pain) · ur کَراہ (a low cry of pain) · ltg gaudys (a low cry of pain) · lv vaids (a low cry of pain) · eo ĝemo (a low cry of pain) · fa ناله (a low cry of pain) · uk сто́гін (a low cry of pain) · kmr ofîn (a low cry of pain) · cmn 哀鸣 (a low cry of pain) · ltg voikuošona (a low cry of pain) · bg стон (a low cry of pain) · hu nyögés (a low cry of pain) · gl laído (a low cry of pain) · fi voihkina (a low cry of pain) · hi कराह (a low cry of pain) · ga ong (a low cry of pain) · sv stönande (a low cry of pain)
From Middle English mone, mane, mān, (also as mene), from Old English *mān, *mǣn (“complaint; lamentation”), from Proto-West Germanic *mainu, from Proto-Germanic *mainō (“opinion; mind”).
Cognate with Old Frisian mēne (“opinion”), Old High German meina (“opinion”). Old English *mān, *mǣn is inferred from Old English mǣnan (“to complain over; grieve; mourn”). More at mean.
Meanings
(UK, transitive) To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.
Much did the Craven seeme to mone his case […]. 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:
1708, Matthew Prior, the Turtle and the Sparrow
Ye floods, ye woods, ye echoes, moan / My dear Columbo, dead and gone.
(intransitive, poetic) To grieve.
(intransitive) To make a moan or similar sound.
They shared a common dread that he would begin moaning. 1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 169:
She moaned with pleasure and squirmed with delight from receiving oral sex.
(transitive) To say in a moan, or with a moaning voice.
‘Please don't leave me,’ he moaned.
(colloquial, intransitive) To complain; to grumble.
(obsolete, transitive) To distress (someone); to sadden.
which infinitely moans me 1626 February 1 (licensing date; Gregorian calendar), John Fletcher [et al.], “The Faire Maide of the Inne”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:
it gemere (to make a moan or similar sound) · fi ähkiä (to make a moan or similar sound) · vi rên rỉ (to make a moan or similar sound) · hu nyög (to make a moan or similar sound) · ca plànyer-se (to complain) · ca llamentar-se (to complain) · ga éagaoin (to complain) · mi hāngurunguru (to complain) · es quejar (to complain) · de motzen (to grumble (colloquial)) · nl klagen (to complain) · de jammern (to say with a moaning voice) · chr ᎤᎵᏰᏗᎭ (to make a moan or similar sound) · nl kreunen (to make a moan or similar sound) · mi kūnanunanu (to complain) · es gemir (to make a moan or similar sound) · ja 呻く (to make a moan or similar sound) · tr ahlamak (to make a moan or similar sound) · sh stenjati (to make a moan or similar sound) · sv stöna (to make a moan or similar sound) · fi voihkia (to make a moan or similar sound) · nn stynja (to make a moan or similar sound) · vec zèmere (to make a moan or similar sound) · fr geindre (to complain) · ltg voikuot (to make a moan or similar sound) · bg стена (to make a moan or similar sound) · lt dejuoti (to make a moan or similar sound) · de murren (to grumble (colloquial)) · fi nurista (to grumble (colloquial)) · is stynja (to make a moan or similar sound) · om aaduu (to make a moan or similar sound) · de maulen (to grumble (colloquial)) · uk стогна́ти (to make a moan or similar sound) · ast ximir (to make a moan or similar sound) · sq rënkoj (to make a moan or similar sound) · id mendesah (to make a moan or similar sound) · fa نالیدن (to make a moan or similar sound) · de stöhnen (to say with a moaning voice) · az inləmək (to make a moan or similar sound) · gsw bërsche (to make a moan or similar sound) · de schluchzen (to say with a moaning voice) · ru стона́ть (to make a moan or similar sound) · it lamentarsi (to complain) · ro geme (to make a moan or similar sound) · tr inlemek (to make a moan or similar sound) · pl narzekać (to complain) · eo ĝemi (to make a moan or similar sound) · bg оплаквам се (to complain) · mi wheo (to make a moan or similar sound) · cs sténat (to make a moan or similar sound) · fr se plaindre (to complain) · pl jęczeć (to make a moan or similar sound) · cmn 呻吟 (to make a moan or similar sound) · pt reclamar (to complain) · ar تَأَوَّهَ (to make a moan or similar sound) · fi valittaa (to grieve (poetic)) · ca gemegar (to make a moan or similar sound) · ko 신음(呻吟)하다 (to make a moan or similar sound) · fr gémir (to make a moan or similar sound) · gsw chlaage (to complain) · pt queixar-se (to complain) · nb stønne (to make a moan or similar sound) · mk стенка (to make a moan or similar sound) · de stöhnen (to make a moan or similar sound) · de beklagen (to grieve (poetic)) · de ächzen (to make a moan or similar sound) · ca gemegar (to complain) · et oigama (to make a moan or similar sound) · mi aurere (to make a moan or similar sound) · fi valittaa (to complain) · az zarıldamaq (to make a moan or similar sound) · de beklagen (to complain) · mi ngū (to make a moan or similar sound) · lv vaidēt (to make a moan or similar sound) · de wehklagen (to grieve (poetic)) · pt gemer (to make a moan or similar sound) · fr mugir (to make a moan or similar sound) · de klagen (to complain) · az inildəmək (to make a moan or similar sound) · fi mankua (to say with a moaning voice) · mi wheowheo (to make a moan or similar sound) · mi kōnanunanu (to complain) · be е́нчыць (to make a moan or similar sound)
Etymology tree
English moa
Proto-Indo-European *-nós
Proto-Italic *-nos
Proto-Italic *-ānos
Latin -ānus
Old French -ainder.
Middle English -an
English -an
English moan
From moa + -an.