Where does “manipulus” come from?

manipulus (Latin) comes from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

manipulus (Latin): A maniple, a double company of soldiers employed...

Definitions

  1. A maniple, a double company of soldiers employed...

Ancestry of “manipulus”, step by step

manipulus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin manus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
2Proto-Italicmanushand
3Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

via Latin pleō

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinpleōCombining form used to form prefixed verbs with the approximate meaning "to fill"
2Proto-Italicplēōto fill
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpleh₁-to fill

Words derived from “manipulus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European man-