Etymology

man-hour

man·hour

Today it means: Synonym of person-hour. Full definition →

English hour ← Middle English houre ← Old French houre
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
  2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
  3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
  4. Old Englishmann
  5. Middle Englishman
  6. Englishman
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yeh₁-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*yóh₁r̥
  9. Ancient Greekὥρᾱ (hṓrā)
  10. Latinhōra
  11. Old Frenchhoure
  12. Middle Englishhoure
  13. Englishhour
  14. English todayman-hour

From man + hour.

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