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manikin

Today it means: A little man (sometimes as a term of endearment). Full definition →

Dutch manneken ← Middle Dutch mannekijn

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Middle Dutch · derived frommannekijn
Dutch · derived frommanneken
English todaymanikin

From Dutch manneken, Middle Dutch mannekijn. By surface analysis, man + -ikin. Doublet of manakin and mannequin.

Words from the same roots

Dutchmanneken all →

Middle Dutchmannekijn all →

manakin mannikin

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.