Where does “manœuvre” come from?

manœuvre (Middle French) comes from Old French manovre, from Latin manū opera.

manœuvre (Middle French): maneuver

Definitions

  1. maneuver

Ancestry of “manœuvre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchmanovrehandwork, manual labor; handwork, manual labour
2Latinmanū opera—

Words derived from “manœuvre”

Every word from Latin manū opera →Every word from Old French manovre →