Etymology

manicure

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Today it means: A cosmetic treatment for the fingernails. Full definition →

French manucure ← Latin cūra ← Proto-Italic *kʷoizā
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*manus
  3. Latinmanus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*kʷey-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*kʷeys-
  6. Proto-Italic*kʷoizā
  7. Latincūra
  8. Frenchmanucure
  9. English todaymanicure

From French manucure.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.