Where does “manteca” come from?

manteca (Neapolitan) comes from Spanish manteca, from Latin mantica, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

manteca (Neapolitan): cream (including pomade)

Definitions

  1. cream (including pomade)

Ancestry of “manteca”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishmantecafat, lard; butter; shortening
2Latinmanticasmall bag (for the hand); wallet
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand

Words derived from “manteca”

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