English
manciple
Manciple comes from Old French manciple ‘servant’, from Latin mancipium ‘slave’, and ultimately from manus ‘hand’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanceps‘purchaser, owner’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmancipium‘slave’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mancipiolum‘lowly servant’diminutive of mancipium
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manciple‘servant’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maunciple
- Englishtodaymanciple
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanceps‘purchaser, owner’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmancipium‘slave’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500mancipiolum‘lowly servant’diminutive of mancipium
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manciple‘servant’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maunciple
- Englishtodaymanciple
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon’
amaze, mastiff, commandery, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
commander, mandate, commodore, commendation, commando, commandant, commandment, mannered, commandeer, 25 more
through Latin manus ‘hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manufacture, manga, manipulation, manifest, manus, mano, manacles, 26 more
Today it means
noun A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manus / manciple