Where does “mano” come from?
Mano comes from Old Spanish mano, from Latin manus meaning hand, derived from Proto-Indo-European man-.
mano (English): a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind...
Definitions
- a stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind...
Ancestry of “mano”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | maño | big; of or from Aragón; someone from Aragón |
| 2 | Spanish | hermano | brother; sibling; bro |
| 3 | Old Spanish | ermano | brother |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | germanus | brother; of brothers or sisters; full, own |
| 5 | Latin | Germānus | — |
| 6 | Latin | germen | shoot, sprout, bud; germ, seed, origin; embryo,... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | genamen | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁mn̥ | offspring, seed |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |