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Where does “manutentionner” come from?

manutentionner (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.

manutentionner (French): to handle

Definitions

  1. to handle

Ancestry of “manutentionner”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanutentionmaintenance; manutention; handling; storehouse,...
2Latinmanūtentiō—
3Latinmanutenerepresent active infinitive of manūteneō; to...
4Latinteneō—
5Proto-Italictenēōto hold
6Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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