English
manes
Manes comes from Latin manes ‘spirits of the dead’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanes‘spirits of the dead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanes‘spirits of the dead’
- Englishearliest quotation 1658same form
Earliest quotation: 1658, Sir Thomas Browne, Urne-Burial: “this was the Ustrina or place of burning their…”
Every English word from Latin manes
Today it means
noun The souls or spirits of dead ancestors, conceived as deities or the subjects of reverence, or of other deceased relatives.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manes / manes