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Where does “manâ” come from?

manâ (English) comes from Maori manâ, from Proto-Polynesian mana, from Proto-Oceanic mana.

Ancestry of “manâ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Maorimanâ—
2Proto-Polynesianmanapower
3Proto-Oceanicmana—
Every word from Proto-Oceanic mana →