Where does “mânărie” come from?

mânărie (Romanian) comes from Romanian mână, from Vulgar Latin *mana, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic manus, from Proto-Indo-European man- — human being; man; hand.

mânărie (Romanian): swindle, fraud

Definitions

  1. swindle, fraud

Ancestry of “mânărie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmânăhand; third-person singular present subjunctive...
2Vulgar Latin*mana—
3Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
4Proto-Italicmanushand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →