English
manager
Manager comes from English manage, and goes back to Old French manege.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manege
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*managereconstructed
- English1500–presentmanage
- Englishearliest quotation 2009manager
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manege
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500*managereconstructed
- English1500–presentmanage
- Englishearliest quotation 2009manager
Earliest quotation: 2009, Bernard M. Bass, Ruth Bass: “Although they did not want to risk wasting money,…”
A compound of manage + -er
Old French manege ‘the handling or training of a horse’
Middle English *manage
Early Modern English manage
English manage
Every English word from Old French manege
Today it means
noun A person whose job is to manage something, such as a business, a restaurant, or a sports team.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French manege / manager