Middle English Dictionary Entry

-ain(e suf.
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Entry Info

Forms -ain(e suf. Also -ein.
Etymology OF -ain, -aine, -aigne, from L -ānum, -āna, -ānea.

Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)

1.
In some adjs. and nouns taken from OF, as certain, germain, Romain; fontain(e, mountain(e.
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