Where does “mantecare” come from?

mantecare (Italian) comes from Italian manteca, from Spanish manteca, from Latin mantica, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

mantecare (Italian): to whip or whisk

Definitions

  1. to whip or whisk

Ancestry of “mantecare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmantecapomade, brilliantine; paste; third-person...
2Spanishmantecafat, lard; butter; shortening
3Latinmanticasmall bag (for the hand); wallet
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

Words derived from “mantecare”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →