Where does “mannequinlike” come from?
mannequinlike (English) comes from English mannequin, from French mannequin, from Dutch manneken, from Low German Mann, from Middle Low German man, from Old Saxon mann, from Proto-West Germanic mann, from Proto-Germanic *mann- — to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,...
mannequinlike (English): Resembling a mannequin; thus stiff or statuesque
Definitions
- Resembling a mannequin; thus stiff or statuesque
Ancestry of “mannequinlike”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | mannequin | A dummy, or life-size model of the human body,... |
| 2 | French | mannequin | model; dummy, mannequin |
| 3 | Dutch | manneken | |
| 4 | Low German | Mann | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | man | but, only |
| 6 | Old Saxon | mann | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | mann | person, human |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *mann- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | men- | to think, mind; spiritual activity; to stay,... |