English
manor
Manor comes from Old French manoir ‘to stay’, and goes back to Latin manēre.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanēre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manoir‘to stay’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maner‘a manorial estate or property’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983manor
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history not traced here.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanēre
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400manoir‘to stay’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500maner‘a manorial estate or property’
- Englishearliest quotation 1983manor
Earliest quotation: 1983, John Mortimer, In character: “'I'm a fatalist,' said Mr James Anderton, Chief Constable…”
Linked words
through Latin manēre
mansion, manse, immanent, 1 more
through Old French manoir ‘to stay’
Today it means
noun A landed estate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manēre / manor