Etymograph

English

mantourage

Blend of man + entourage.

A blend of man + entourage

Proto-Germanic *mann- ‘human being, person, man’

Proto-West Germanic *mann ‘person’

Old English mann ‘human being, person, man’

Middle English man

English man

Old French entor ‘around’

Middle French entour ‘around’

French entour ‘around’

French entourer ‘to surround’

French entourage ‘ornament, decoration surrounding something’

English entourage

Today it means

noun An entourage consisting of men.

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

Etymograph / mantourage