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Where does “mandaet” come from?

mandaet (Middle Dutch) comes from Old French mandat, from Latin mandātum, from Latin mandō, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

Ancestry of “mandaet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmandat—
2Latinmandātum—
3Latinmandō—
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →