main
French
noun
Definitions
- hand
- (soccer) handball
- (poker) hand
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French main inherited from Old French main inherited from Latin manus (hand, handwriting, power) inherited from Proto-Italic *manus derived from Proto-Indo-European *man- (hand, man, human being).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*man-
Gloss
hand, man, human being
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
男, 夫, 士
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amanuensis English
- maintain English
- mano English
- manumotor English
- manus English
- with the manner English
- *-idiāre Latin
- *mania Latin
- *manicius Latin
- *manicum Latin
- *manidiare Latin
- *manidiāre Latin
- *manuoperō Latin
- adminiculum Latin
- albimanus Latin
- amanuensis Latin
- bellamanus Latin
- centimanus Latin
- crassimanus Latin
- flavimanus Latin
- grandimanus Latin
- longimanus Latin
- manceps Latin
- mando Latin
- mandātum Latin
- manicus Latin
- manifolium Latin
- manualis Latin
- manuarius Latin
- manuatus Latin
- manupretium Latin
- manus Latin
- manuscriptum Latin
- manutergium Latin
- manū opera Latin
- manūtenēre, manuteneo, manūteneō Latin
- nigrimanus Latin
- unimanus Latin
- asciugamano Italian
- bimano Italian
- buonamano Italian
- centimano Italian
- contromano Italian
- dimando Italian
- fuorimano Italian
- giumella Italian
- lavamano Italian
- manata Italian
- manesco Italian
- mano Italian
- manodopera Italian
- manrovescio Italian
- mantenere Italian
- paramano Italian
- sottomano Italian
- arrière-main French
- avant French
- avant-main French
- baisemain French
- baiser French
- bon French
- bonne-main French
- maintenance French
- maintenant French
- mainteneur French
- maintenir French
- manette French
- manicure French
- manier French
- manière French
- manucure French
- menotte French
- menotter French
- tenant French
- tenir French
- antemano Spanish, Castilian
- balonmano Spanish, Castilian
- besamanos Spanish, Castilian
- guardamanos Spanish, Castilian
- lavamanos Spanish, Castilian
- mamporro Spanish, Castilian
- manada Spanish, Castilian
- manazas Spanish, Castilian
- mandoble Spanish, Castilian
- manilla Spanish, Castilian
- manirroto Spanish, Castilian
- manita Spanish, Castilian
- mano Spanish, Castilian
- pasamano Spanish, Castilian
- *man- Proto-Indo-European
- *meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *méh₂-r̥, *mh₂-én-, *méh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- abrir mão Portuguese
- contramão Portuguese
- corrimão Portuguese
- lançar mão Portuguese
- maneira Portuguese
- maneiro Portuguese
- manejar Portuguese
- mano Portuguese
- mão Portuguese
- mãozinha Portuguese
- *mann- Proto-Germanic
- मनुष्य Sanskrit
- *mǫžь Proto-Slavic
- manévr Czech
- main Old French
- maintenir Old French
- meintenir Old French
- mano Esperanto
- manejar Catalan, Valencian
- manilla Catalan, Valencian
- mà Catalan, Valencian
- balonmán Galician
- man Galician
- termar Galician
- menține Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mânuță Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mână Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mănușă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- înmâna Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- mano Cebuano
- manuo Ido
- main Norman
- man Norman
- main Middle French
- mão Old Portuguese
- mãnã Aromanian
- manlevar Occitan
- *manus Proto-Italic
- maun Romansh
- mano Asturian
- man Friulian
- man Old Occitan
- mano Old Spanish
- manu Sicilian
- man Venetian
- nam Volapük
- man Papiamentu
- man Ligurian
- mun Dalmatian
- men Haitian, Haitian Creole
- mon Kabuverdianu
- mó Kabuverdianu
- lame Mauritian Creole
- mwin Walloon
- moin Bourguignon
- man Ladin
- manu Sardinian
- mana Neapolitan
- mano Neapolitan
- man Istriot
- men Louisiana Creole French
- mon Guinea-Bissau Creole
- mano Mirandese
- mano Chavacano
- maneggiare roa-oit
- mǫnă Megleno-Romanian