Where does “manutentionnaire” come from?

manutentionnaire (French) comes from French manutention, from Latin manūtentiō, from Latin manutenere, from Latin teneō, from Proto-Italic tenēō, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

manutentionnaire (French): warehouseman

Definitions

  1. warehouseman

Ancestry of “manutentionnaire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanutentionmaintenance; manutention; handling; storehouse,...
2Latinmanūtentiō
3Latinmanutenerepresent active infinitive of manūteneō; to...
4Latinteneōto hold, have; to grasp
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ten-Every word from Proto-Italic tenēōEvery word from Latin teneō