Where does “newbuild” come from?

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

newbuild (English): A newly constructed building; A newly constructed...

Definitions

  1. A newly constructed building; A newly constructed...

Ancestry of “newbuild”, step by step

newbuild traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English New

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishNewmade, or created
2EnglishMANInitialism of Metropolitan Area Network
3EnglishmanualA handbook; A booklet that instructs on the usage...
4Middle Englishmanuel
5Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
6Old Frenchmanual
7Latinmanuālishand
8Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
9Proto-Italicmanushand
10Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via English build

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbuildTo form by combining materials or parts; To...
2Middle EnglishbyldenTo lodge: to stay or reside
3Old Englishbytlanto build
4Old English-aEnding forming adverbs; nominative masculine...
5Proto-GermanicCreates feminine nouns from roots and stems
6Proto-Germanic-ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade...
7Proto-Indo-EuropeanDerives nouns from roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-
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