English
mannequin
Mannequin comes from French mannequin.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmannequin
- Englishearliest quotation 1928same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmannequin
- Englishearliest quotation 1928same form
Earliest quotation: 1928, Agatha Christie: “She screamed out direction to various mannequins. "Clothilde, Virginie,…”
Equivalent to man + -kin
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *mon- ‘man’
through Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human, human being, person, individual’
men, mankind, mensch, munchkin, shipman, mannish, 14 more
through Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person, human, individual’
Today it means
noun A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French mannequin / mannequin