The story
- Latin · derived frommanus“hand”
- Middle French · derived frommaniable
- Middle English · inherited frommanyable
- English todaymaniable
From Middle English manyable, from Middle French maniable, from manier (“to manage”), from Latin manus (“hand”). By surface analysis, man(us) + -i- + -able.
Words from the same roots
Latinmanus all →
managemanifestmanifestomanusmanuablemanuductionmanuductormanumotormanustuprationmanutenencymastupration
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.