Where does “mânuitor” come from?

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

mânuitor (Romanian): handler

Definitions

  1. handler

Ancestry of “mânuitor”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianmânuito handle
2Romanianmânăhand; third-person singular present subjunctive...
3Vulgar Latin*mana—
4Latinmanushand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting
5Proto-Italicmanushand
6Proto-Indo-Europeanman-human being; man; hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European man- →Every word from Proto-Italic manus →Every word from Latin manus →