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Where does “manovro” come from?

manovro (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto manovri, from Italian manovrare, from Old French manovrer, from Latin manuoperare, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός — to follow; to see; to say.

manovro (Esperanto): maneuver, manoeuvre

Definitions

  1. maneuver, manoeuvre

Ancestry of “manovro”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantomanovrito maneuver, to manoeuvre
2ItalianmanovrareTo maneuver; To operate; To manipulate
3Old Frenchmanovrerto work, especially manual work; to make; to...
4Latinmanuoperare—
5Latinoperārī—
6LatinOpus—
7Ancient GreekὈποῦς—
8Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
9Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
10Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say
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