English
adminicular
Adminicular comes from Latin adminiculō ‘to prop up, support’, from manus ‘hand’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *manus.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadminiculum‘prop, support’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadminiculō‘to prop up, support’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896adminicular
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadminiculum‘prop, support’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEadminiculō‘to prop up, support’
- Englishearliest quotation 1896adminicular
Earliest quotation: 1896, Robert Louis Stevenson: “He came: he found the islanders beside themselves at…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’
amaze, mastiff, commandery, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
commander, mandate, commodore, commando, commandant, commandment, mannered, commendation, commandeer, 25 more
through Latin manus ‘hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manufacture, manga, manifest, manipulation, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more
Today it means
adj Supplying help; auxiliary; corroborative; explanatory.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus / adminicular