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

manuel traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Anglo-Norman manuel

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

via Old French manuel

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmanuelmanual; done with the hands; handle; manual;...
2Late Latinmanualehandbook, manual; nominative neuter singular of...

Words derived from “manuel”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →