Meaning

verb mean or intend to express or convey

noun how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

verb have as a logical consequence

originVarious origins: * Reduced form of McMeans, a surname of Irish origin. * Habitational surname from the villages of East and West Meon, in Hampshire. * A nickname from Middle English mene (“inferior in rank”), which is from Old English ġemǣne (“common, general”), or Middle English mene (“moderate in behaviour”), which is from Old French mëen, mean.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0