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Where does “manovrer” come from?

manovrer (Old French) comes from Latin manuoperare, from Latin operārī, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.

manovrer (Old French): to work, especially manual work; to make; to...

Definitions

  1. to work, especially manual work; to make; to...

Ancestry of “manovrer”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanuoperare—
2Latinoperārī—
3LatinOpus—
4Ancient GreekὈποῦς—
5Ancient Greekὀπόςjuice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice
6Proto-Indo-Europeansokʷósjuice of plants
7Proto-Indo-Europeansekʷ-to follow; to see; to say

Words derived from “manovrer”

  • manure
  • manurial
  • manurance
  • manurable
  • manureth
  • manurer
  • manureless
  • manurey
  • remanure
  • manurage
  • manurelike
  • manovrare
  • manovrabile
  • immanovrabile
  • manovri
  • manovro
  • maynouren
  • manuren
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