Etymograph

English

manutention

Manutention comes from French manutention ‘maintenance’, and goes back to Latin manūteneō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanūteneō1as manutenere, present participle‘to maintain’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanutentio1‘maintenance’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentmanutention1‘maintenance’
  4. Englishtodaymanutention1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English manutention

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanūteneōWiktionary, English manutentionas manutenere, present participle‘to maintain’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanutentioWiktionary, English manutention‘maintenance’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentmanutentionWiktionary, English manutention‘maintenance’
  4. EnglishtodaymanutentionWiktionary, English manutention

Linked words

through Latin manūteneō ‘to maintain’

maintain

Today it means

noun Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “manutention”. 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 manūteneō / manutention

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