古英語の manig, many から、原ゲルマン語の *managaz から、PIE *menegh, a great deal から、おそらく PIE *mo, toil, effort, toil から、語源的には mole, more, most と同じ。
英語の語源
many
many: [OE] Many goes back ultimately to Indo- European *monogho-, *menogho-, which also produced Russian mnogij ‘many’ and Welsh mynych ‘often’. From it was descended prehistoric Germanic *managaz, *manigaz, which have differentiated into German manch, Dutch menig, Swedish m?nga, Danish mange, and English many. The pronunciation /meni/ dates from the 13th century; it perhaps arose from association with the unrelated any. The derived manifold [OE] preserves the original pronunciation. => manifold
many (adj.)
Old English monig, manig "many, many a, much," from Proto-Germanic *managaz (cognates: Old Saxon manag, Swedish m?ngen, Old Frisian manich, Dutch menig, Old High German manag, German manch, Gothic manags), from PIE *menegh- "copious" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic munogu "much, many," Old Irish menicc, Welsh mynych "frequent," Old Irish magham "gift"). Pronunciation altered by influence of any (see manifold).
many (n.)
Old English menigu, from many (adj.). The many "the multitude" attested from 1520s. Compare also Gothic managei "multitude, crowd," Old High German managi "large number, plurality," German Menge "multitude."
例文
1. The world breaks everyone,and afterward, many are stronger at the broken places.
生活はいつも私たちを傷だらけにしてくれますが、その後、傷を負った場所はもっと強くなります。
毎日一言
2.I recall many discusions with her on these and kindred topics.
彼女とこれらの問題や類似の話題について何度も議論したことを思い出した。
3.She has had many credits and name-checks in American Vogue.
米国版『ファッション』は彼女を何度も称賛したり名前を挙げたりしている。
4.In recent months many conservative politicians have jumped on the anti-immigrant bandwagon.
ここ数カ月、多くの保守政治家が「反移民」というバスに乗っている。
5. Many of the clothes come from the world 's top fashion houses.