Where does “unmanoeuvred” come from?

unmanoeuvred (English) comes from English manœuvred, from English manœuvre, from Middle French manœuvre, from Old French manovre, from Latin manū opera.

unmanoeuvred (English): Not manoeuvred

Definitions

  1. Not manoeuvred

Ancestry of “unmanoeuvred”, step by step

unmanoeuvred traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English manœuvred

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmanœuvredsimple past tense and past participle of manœuvre
2EnglishmanœuvreAlternative form of maneuver
3Middle Frenchmanœuvremaneuver
4Old Frenchmanovrehandwork, manual labor; handwork, manual labour
5Latinmanū opera

via English un

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunOne
Every word from Latin manū operaEvery word from Old French manovreEvery word from Middle French manœuvre