main
Middle French
noun
Definitions
- (anatomy) hand
Etymology
Inherited from Old French main inherited from Latin manus (hand, handwriting, power).
Origin
Latin
manus
Gloss
hand, handwriting, power
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
力
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- amanuensis 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
- 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
- giumella Italian
- mano Italian
- arrière-main French
- avant-main French
- baisemain French
- bonne-main French
- main French
- maintenant French
- maintenir French
- manette French
- manicure French
- manier French
- manière French
- manucure French
- menotte French
- *man- Proto-Indo-European
- *mon- Proto-Indo-European
- *méh₂-r̥, *mh₂-én-, *méh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European
- manévr Czech
- main Old French
- maintenir Old French
- meintenir Old French
- mână Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- manuo Ido
- main Norman
- man Norman
- 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 Ligurian
- mun Dalmatian
- men Haitian, Haitian Creole
- lame Mauritian Creole
- mwin Walloon
- moin Bourguignon
- man Ladin
- manu Sardinian
- mana Neapolitan
- mano Neapolitan
- man Istriot
- men Louisiana Creole French
- mano Mirandese
- maneggiare roa-oit
- mǫnă Megleno-Romanian