Proto-Italic

*manus

‘hand’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Italic *manus.

44 English words in this record descend from Proto-Italic *manus, most familiar first.

• main ← manus
• manner ← manere ← manere ← maniere ← *manāria
• manage ← manege ← maneggiare ← *manizāre ← manus
• commander ← comaundour ← comandeor ← comander ← commandāre
• manual ← manuel ← manuel ← manuālis ← manus
• manga ← manica ← manus
• mandate ← mandātum ← neuter ← mandō ← *manuðō
• manifest ← manifestus ← manus
• commodore ← kommandeur ← commandeur ← commandeur ← comandeor
• commando ← kommando ← comando ← *commandare ← commendō
• commandant ← commander ← commander ← comander ← commandāre
• commandment ← comaundement ← comandement ← comander ← commandāre

More words from *manus

• mannered
• commendation
• mano
• manus
• commandeer
• commandery
• manacles
• amanuensis
• countermand
• emancipator
• mannerly
• manicotti
• manubrium
• manumit
• unmannerly
• mancia
• manita
• commendator
• adminicle
• adminicular
• aquamanile
• manualiter
• manchette
• manciple
• maniform
• manicule
• manicate
• manuary
• manuport
• maunch
• maniable
• manuable

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus