English
manuduction
Manuduction comes from Late Latin manuductio.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmanuductio
- Englishearliest quotation 1646manuduction
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmanuductio
- Englishearliest quotation 1646manuduction
Earliest quotation: 1646, Thomas Browne, To the Reader: “We hope it will not be unconsidered, that we…”
A compound of manus ‘hand’ + ductiō ‘leading’
Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon’
Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’
Latin manus ‘hand’
Proto-Indo-European *dewk- ‘to draw, pull’
Proto-Indo-European *déwkti ‘to pull, to draw’
Proto-Italic *doukō ‘to lead’
Latin dūcō ‘to lead, guide, conduct, lead away’
Latin ductiō ‘leading’
Every English word from Late Latin manuductio
Today it means
noun The act of guiding or a means of guidance; direction, guidance, instruction.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin manuductio / manuduction