The story
- Latin · derived frommanus
- Latin · derived frommanifestō“to make public”
- Italian · borrowed frommanifesto
- English todaymanifesto
Since the mid 17th century, from Italian manifesto, from manifestare + -o, from Latin manifestō (“to make public”), from Latin manus + an uncertain second element. Doublet of manifest.
Words from the same roots
Latinmanus all →
managemanifestmanusmaniablemanuablemanuductionmanuductormanumotormanustuprationmanutenencymastupration
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.