Where does “mandorso” come from?
mandorso (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto mano, from French main, from Middle French main, from Old French main, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.
mandorso (Esperanto): back of the hand; backhand
Definitions
- back of the hand; backhand
Ancestry of “mandorso”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Esperanto | mano | hand |
| 2 | French | main | hand; handball |
| 3 | Middle French | main | hand |
| 4 | Old French | main | hand |
| 5 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |