English
maniable
Maniable comes from Middle French maniable, and goes back to Latin manus ‘hand’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600maniable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manyable
- Englishearliest quotation 1605maniable
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600maniable
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manyable
- Englishearliest quotation 1605maniable
Earliest quotation: 1605, Francis Bacon, The First Booke: “[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth…”
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, manifesto, manifest, manus, mano, manacles, 25 more
Today it means
adj manageable
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manus / maniable