Etymograph

English

manchette

Manchette comes from French manchette ‘oversleeve, manchette’, from Old French manche ‘sleeve’, and ultimately from Proto-Italic *manus ‘hand’.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manus1‘hand’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanus1‘hand’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanica1‘long sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400manche1‘sleeve’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600manche1
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmanche1
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentmanchette1‘oversleeve, manchette’
  8. Englishtodaymanchette1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English manchette

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*manusWiktionary, English manchette‘hand’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanusWiktionary, English manchette‘hand’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanicaWiktionary, English manchette‘long sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand’
  4. Old Frenchc. 842–1400mancheWiktionary, English manchette‘sleeve’
  5. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600mancheWiktionary, English manchette
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentmancheWiktionary, English manchette
  7. Frenchc. 1600–presentmanchetteWiktionary, English manchette‘oversleeve, manchette’
  8. EnglishtodaymanchetteWiktionary, English manchette

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- ‘to beckon, signal’

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, manufacture, manipulation, manifest, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more

through Latin manica ‘long sleeve of a tunic, covering up to the hand’

manga, 4 more

Today it means

noun An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “manchette”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Italic *manus / manchette

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