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Where does “manovri” come from?

manovri (Italian) comes from Italian manovrare, from Old French manovrer, from Latin manuoperare, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.

manovri (Italian): second-person singular present indicative of...

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  1. second-person singular present indicative of...

Ancestry of “manovri”, step by step

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