Etymograph

English

manimony

Blend of man + alimony.

A blend of man + alimony

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 *h₂el- ‘to grow, nourish’

Proto-Indo-European *h₂életi ‘grow, nourish’

Proto-Italic *alō

Latin alō ‘to feed, to nourish, to nurture’

Latin alimōnia ‘food, support, nourishment, sustenance’

English alimony

Today it means

noun Alimony, when paid by a woman to a man.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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