- menial (adj.)
[menial 词源字典]
- late 14c., "pertaining to a household," from Anglo-French meignial, from Old French mesnie "household," earlier mesnede, from Vulgar Latin *mansionata, from Latin mansionem "dwelling" (see mansion). Sense of "lowly, humble, suited to a servant" is recorded by 1670s.[menial etymology, menial origin, 英语词源]
- menial (n.)
- "domestic servant," late 14c., meynyal; see menial (adj.).