manage

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
2. Proto-Italic*manus
3. Latinmanus
4. Vulgar Latin*manizāre
5. Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
6. Old Frenchmanege
7. Middle English*manage
8. English todaymanage

From Early Modern English manage, menage, from Middle English *manage, *menage, from Old French manege (“the handling or training of a horse, horsemanship, riding, maneuvers, proceedings”), probably from Old Italian maneggiare (“to handle, manage, touch, treat”), from Vulgar Latin *manizāre (“handle”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + -izāre (verb-forming suffix). Doublet of manège. Compare typologically English handle; Russian руководи́ть (rukovodítʹ) (< рука́ (ruká)).

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