The story
- Ancient Greek · derived from-ς
- Biblical Hebrew · derived fromמְנַשֶּׁה
- Koine Greek · derived fromΜανασσῆς
- Latin · derived fromManasses
- English todayManasseh
From alteration of Latin Manasses, from Koine Greek Μανασσῆς (Manassês), from Biblical Hebrew מְנַשֶּׁה (M'nashé) + Ancient Greek -ς (-s, forming nouns), to more closely match the original Hebrew form. The biblical etymology for the name connects it to נִשָּׁה or נישה (nishá, “causing to forget”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.