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Where does “manuel” come from?

manuel (Middle English) comes from Anglo-Norman manuel, from Old French manual, from Latin manuālis, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

Ancestry of “manuel”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Anglo-Normanmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
2Old Frenchmanual—
3Latinmanuālis—
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

Words derived from “manuel”

  • manual
  • manually
  • bimanual
  • nonmanual
  • manualist
  • bimanually
  • unimanual
  • manualism
  • nonmanually
  • manualize
  • semimanual
  • unimanually
  • sinistromanual
  • manualise
  • mandraulic
  • manualette
  • dextromanual
  • brachiomanual
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →