Etymology

manciple

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Today it means: A person in charge of purchasing and storing food and other provisions in a monastery, college, or court of law. Full definition →

Middle English maunciple ← Old French manciple ← Medieval Latin mancipiolum
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommancipium“slave”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived frommancipiolum“lowly servant”
  3. Old French · derived frommanciple
  4. Middle English · derived frommaunciple
  5. English todaymanciple

From Middle English maunciple, from Old French manciple, from Medieval Latin mancipiolum (“lowly servant”), diminutive of Latin mancipium (“slave”).

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