| mace | ||
| Old French = | macis | |
| definition = | a spice made from the outer covering of the nutmeg. | |
| Old French = | mace | mache |
| definition = | a heavy club like weapon, it often has spikes. | |
| mackerel | ||
| Old French = | makerel | maquerel |
| mad | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | gemæd | gemad |
| Middle English = | maad | made |
| morning | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | morgen | |
| Middle English = | morwen | morwening |
| morrow | ||
| Middle English = | morwe | |
| definition = | 1. the next day. 2. morning: as in good morrow, a term of salutation. | |
| morsel | ||
| Old French = | morcel | morsel |
| mortar | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | mortere | |
| definition = | as in mortar and pestle | |
| mortgage | ||
| Old French = | morgage | mort gage |
| mortice | ||
| Middle English = | mortays | |
| Old French = | mortaise | |
| mortmain | ||
| Old French = | mortemain | |
| night | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | niht | neaht |
| nightingale | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nihtegale | |
| nightmare | ||
| Middle English = | nihtmare | |
| nightshade | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nihtscada | |
| definition = | the shade or shadow of the night; with reference to narcotic qualities. | |
| nill | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nillan | |
| nim | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | niman | |
| nimble | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | numol | |
| nine | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nigon | |
| nine | ||
| Middle English = | neghen | nighen |
| nineteen | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nigontyne | |
| ninety | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nigontig | |
| ninth | ||
| Anglo-Saxon = | nigonthe | |