| 1 | Middle English | manifold | — |
| 2 | Old English | maniġfeald | manifold, various, varied, complicated, numerous,... |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | managafalþaz | various, diverse, manifold |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | -falþaz | -fold |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -poltos | -fold |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pel- | to cover, to wrap; skin, hide, cloth; to fold |