Where does “mortua manus” come from?
mortua manus (Latin) comes from English manus, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.
Ancestry of “mortua manus”, step by step
mortua manus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English manus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | manus | A hand, as the part of the fore limb below the... |
| 2 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |
via Latin mortuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | mortuus | dead, having died; decayed, withered; faint,... |
| 2 | Proto-Italic | mortwos | dead |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | mr̥twós | dead |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mer- | to die; to disappear; sea, lake, wetland |
Words derived from “mortua manus”