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Where does “manipulation” come from?

Manipulation comes from French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus meaning "handful," ultimately from Latin manus "hand" and Proto-Indo-European pleh₁- "to fill."

manipulation (English): The practice of manipulating or the state of...

Definitions

  1. The practice of manipulating or the state of...

Ancestry of “manipulation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanipulationmanipulation
2French-tionUsed to indicate action, condition, result or...
3Latin-tiō—
4Latindissertātiō—
5Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
6Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
7Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
8Latincalceusshoe
9Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
10Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble

Words derived from “manipulation”

  • micromanipulation
  • telemanipulation
  • biomanipulation
  • nanomanipulation
  • antimanipulation
  • photomanipulation
  • manipulational
  • immunomanipulation
  • electromanipulation
  • psychomanipulation
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