English
manubrium
Manubrium comes from Latin manubrium ‘handle’, and goes back to manus ‘hand’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanubrium‘handle’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus‘hand’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanubrium‘handle’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon’
amaze, mastiff, commandery, 26 more
through Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
commander, mandate, commodore, commendation, commando, commandant, commandment, mannered, commandeer, 25 more
through Latin manus ‘hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manipulation, manufacture, manga, manifest, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more
Today it means
noun The broad, upper part of the sternum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manus / manubrium