Where does “mansicle” come from?

mansicle (English) comes from English MAN, from English manual, from Middle English manuel, from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus — human being; man; hand.

mansicle (English): A cold or frozen man

Definitions

  1. A cold or frozen man

Ancestry of “mansicle”, step by step

mansicle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English MAN

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
2EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
3Middle Englishmanuel
4Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
5Old Frenchmanual
6Latinmanuālishand
7Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
8Proto-Italicmanushand
9Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via English sicle

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsicleA shekel
2Frenchsicleshekel weight
3Latinsiclusshekel
4Hebrewשֶׁקֶלsheqel; shekel
5Akkadianšiqlumshekel
6Proto-Semiticṯqlto weigh; burden, weight
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-