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Where does “mansuetudine” come from?

mansuetudine (Italian) comes from Latin mansuētūdō, from Latin mānsuētus, from Latin mansuēscō, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

Ancestry of “mansuetudine”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmansuētūdō—
2Latinmānsuētus—
3Latinmansuēscō—
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
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