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Where does “mansuetudo” come from?

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

Ancestry of “mansuetudo”, step by step

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