English
manutention
Manutention comes from French manutention ‘maintenance’, and goes back to Latin manūteneō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanūteneōas manutenere, present participle‘to maintain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanutentio‘maintenance’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmanutention‘maintenance’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanūteneōas manutenere, present participle‘to maintain’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanutentio‘maintenance’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmanutention‘maintenance’
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin manūteneō ‘to maintain’
Today it means
noun Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin manūteneō / manutention