Where does “maneira” come from?
maneira (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese maneiro, from Portuguese mão, from Old Portuguese mão, from Latin malus, from Ancient Greek μηλέα, from Ancient Greek μῆλον, from Proto-Indo-European (s)meh₁l- — small animal”; small animal.
maneira (Portuguese): manner; way; the specific style of an artist;...
Definitions
- manner; way; the specific style of an artist;...
Ancestry of “maneira”, step by step
maneira traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese maneiro
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | maneiro | handy easy to be handled; portable small and light |
| 2 | Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 3 | Old Portuguese | mão | hand |
| 4 | Latin | malus | unpleasant, distressing, painful, nasty, bad;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | μηλέα | apple tree |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μῆλον | apple; any fruit from a tree; a woman's breast |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)meh₁l- | small animal”; small animal |