Where does “manifesto” come from?
manifesto (Turkish) comes from Italian manifesto, from Latin manifestō, from Latin manifestus, from Latin infestus, from Latin infendo, from Latin fendo, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰen-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰon-.
manifesto (Turkish): manifest
Ancestry of “manifesto”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | manifesto | manifest, apparent, evident, obvious; manifesto;... |
| 2 | Latin | manifestō | — |
| 3 | Latin | manifestus | apparent, palpable, manifest, evident, plain |
| 4 | Latin | infestus | unsafe, dangerous; hostile, aggressive;... |
| 5 | Latin | infendo | strike |
| 6 | Latin | fendo | I hit; I thrust |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷʰen- | to strike, slay, kill |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰon- | — |