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The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide!
The distress code 'Mayday' comes from the French for help me, M'Aide! is a Language Fact in the Language Facts category.
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Fact Comments
659 days ago
TayTay4ever
yah! i read that in a Hardy Boys novel! Frank said that but his brother Joe didn't care much. niether do i, now that i think of it....
436 days ago
Anonymous
It's from "m'aidez" not "m'aide." And it's archaic French. The way to call for help in French nowadays is "au secours."
190 days ago
joe
I'm french and it's written ''m'aider'' not m'aidez or m'aide but it's true nowadays it's ''au secours''
186 days ago
Andre
Could that be where the English word 'maid' comes from?
99 days ago
Vergetorix
Maid comes from the older form "maiden" which means young or unmarried woman. It is a cognate of, among others, the German word "madchen." (with an umlaut)