English
manuary
Manuary comes from Latin manuārius ‘of or pertaining to the hand’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *manus.
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanuārius‘of or pertaining to the hand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1581manuary
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus‘hand’reconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanuārius‘of or pertaining to the hand’
- Englishearliest quotation 1581manuary
Earliest quotation: 1581, Richard Mulcaster, London: […] Thomas Vautrollier for Thomas Chare [i.e.: “The common is deuided into marchauntes and manuaries generally,…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’
amaze, mastiff, commandery, 27 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
commander, mandate, commodore, commendation, commando, commandant, commandment, commandeer, 26 more
through Latin manus ‘hand’
main, manage, manipulation, manufacture, manga, manifest, mannered, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more
through Latin manuārius ‘of or pertaining to the hand’
Today it means
adj Manual; involving (skills using) the hands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus / manuary