English
manship
Manship comes from Middle English manship ‘position of honor’, from Old English mansċipe ‘humanity, courtesy’, and ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *mannskapi.
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mannskapi‘humanness, humanity’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mansċipe‘humanity, courtesy’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manship‘position of honor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*mannskapi‘humanness, humanity’reconstructed
- Old Englishc. 450–1150mansċipe‘humanity, courtesy’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manship‘position of honor’
- Englishearliest quotation 1845same form
Earliest quotation: 1845, Orestes Augustus Brownson, Charles Elwood: “Every man is a man if he chooses to…”
Formed from man + -ship
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
Every English word from Proto-West Germanic *mannskapi
Today it means
noun The characteristic of being a man; maleness; masculinity; manliness; manhood.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-West Germanic *mannskapi / manship