Etymology

manchette

man·chette
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Today it means: An ornamental trimming round the lower part of a sleeve, or a ruffle (of hair, etc.) of similar appearance. Full definition →

French manchette ← Middle French manche ← Old French manche
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*manus
  3. Latinmanus
  4. Latinmanica
  5. Old Frenchmanche
  6. Middle Frenchmanche
  7. Frenchmanche
  8. Frenchmanchette
  9. English todaymanchette

Borrowed from French manchette.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.