Where does “Manu” come from?
Manu derives from Sanskrit मनु, from Proto-Indo-Aryan mánuṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian mánuš, from Proto-Indo-European men-.
Manu (English): A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood
Definitions
- A title accorded to the progenitor of mankind, first king to rule this earth, who saved mankind from a great global flood
Ancestry of “Manu”, step by step
Manu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English manufacturer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manufacturer | A person or company that manufactures |
| 2 | English | manufacture | The action or process of making goods... |
| 3 | Middle French | manufacture | creation; manufacture |
| 4 | Italian | manufactura | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | manufactura | — |
| 6 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 7 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 8 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 9 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |