English
mansome
Apparently from man + -some, perhaps also formed as a blend of man + handsome.
Formed from man + -some
Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’
Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’
Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’
Middle English man
English man
The story
Apparently from man + -some, perhaps also formed as a blend of man + handsome.
Today it means
adj Attractive in a manly or masculine way
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / mansome