Editing Molenbeek-Saint-Jean (section)

===Etymology===
[[File:Bruxelles - Porte de Flandre - Porte du Rivage - Carte de Ferraris.jpg|right|thumb|The village of Molenbeek (spelled ''Meulebeeck'') marked on the 18th-century [[Ferraris map]]]]

The name ''Molenbeek'' derives from two Dutch words: ''{{lang|nl|molen}}'', meaning "mill", and ''{{lang|nl|beek}}'', meaning "brook";{{sfn|Marchand|2018|p=10}}<ref name="wagner">Anne-Cécile Wagner, ''Molenbeek entre moulins et ruisseau'', ''Le Soir'' (in French), 15 July 2005</ref> and could be literally translated as "Millbrook" in English.{{sfn|Demanet|De Zuttere|2023|p=7}} It is a very common name for brooks in the Netherlands and Belgium, such as the [[Molenbeek (Erpe-Mere Bovenschelde)]], as well as the [[Molenbeek-Ter Erpenbeek]], both in the [[Denderstreek]], Belgium.

Although first applied to the brook that flowed through the village,{{sfn|Demanet|De Zuttere|2023|p=6–7}} the name ''Molenbeek'' (originally spelled ''Molembecca'') eventually came to be used to designate the village itself, around the year 985.<ref name="wagner" /> The [[suffix]] {{lang|fr|Saint-Jean}} in French or {{lang|nl|Sint-Jans}} in Dutch, meaning "Saint John", refers to the [[parish]]'s [[patron saint]], [[John the Baptist|Saint John the Baptist]],{{sfn|Marchand|2018|p=10}} though it is seldom used in everyday speech, today's inhabitants—whether French or Dutch speaking—usually shortening the name to simply ''Molenbeek''.{{sfn|Steffens|2007}}