English
manicate
Manicate comes from Latin mānicātus ‘sleeved’, and goes back to manus ‘hand’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanica‘sleeve of a tunic’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānicae‘sleeves’next step skipped: Latin mānīcō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānicātus‘sleeved’
- Englishtodaymanicate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanica‘sleeve of a tunic’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānicae‘sleeves’next step skipped: Latin mānīcō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmānicātus‘sleeved’
- Englishtodaymanicate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon’
amaze, mastiff, commandery, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
commander, commodore, mandate, commando, commandant, commandment, commendation, mannered, commandeer, 25 more
through Latin manus ‘hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manufacture, manipulation, manifesto, manifest, manus, mano, manacles, 25 more
through Latin manica ‘sleeve of a tunic’
Today it means
adj Covered with hairs or pubescence so interwoven as to form a mass easily removed.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manus / manicate