English

manhour

From man + hour.

Formed from man + hour

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ ‘year’

Ancient Greek ὥρᾱ ‘any defined period of time’

Latin hōra

Old French houre

Middle English houre

English hour

Today it means

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