The story
- Latin · derived frommanus“hand”
- Latin · derived frommanifestus
- Middle English · inherited frommanifest
- English todaymanifest
From Middle English manifest, manifeste, from Latin manifestus, manufestus (“palpable, manifest”), from Latin manus (“hand”) + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifesto.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.