English
manuport
Manuport comes from Latin manus ‘with a hand’.
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English manuport
Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanusWiktionary, English manuportas manū‘with a hand’
- EnglishtodaymanuportWiktionary, English manuport
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 ‘with a hand’
main, manner, manage, manual, manipulation, manufacture, manga, manifest, mano, manus, manacles, 26 more
Today it means
noun A natural (not man-made) object of an excavation site, which was originally brought into the site by humans.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “manuport”. 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 / Latin manus / manuport