Where does “mankateno” come from?

mankateno (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.

mankateno (Esperanto): handcuffs

Definitions

  1. handcuffs

Ancestry of “mankateno”, step by step

mankateno traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto mano

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomanohand
2Frenchmainhand; handball
3Middle Frenchmainhand
4Old Frenchmainhand
5Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
6Proto-Italicmanushand
7Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Esperanto kateno

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantokatenochain
2Italiancatenachain; bond, fetter; subordination, repression;...
3Latincatēnachain
4Proto-Indo-Europeankat-cub; to weave, to braid; to link or weave...

Words derived from “mankateno”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →
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