Where does “mănușă” come from?
mănușă (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.
mănușă (Romanian): glove
Ancestry of “mănușă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Romanian | mână | hand; third-person singular present subjunctive... |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *mana | — |
| 3 | Latin | manus | hand; bravery, valor; violence, fighting |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | manus | hand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | man- | human being; man; hand |