Etymology

manipulation

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Today it means: The practice of manipulating or the state of being manipulated. Full definition →

French manipulation ← Old French manipule ← Latin manipulus
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  1. Latin · derived frommanipulus
  2. Old French · derived frommanipule
  3. French · borrowed frommanipulation
  4. English todaymanipulation

From French manipulation, from Old French manipule, from Latin manipulus. Morphologically manipulate + -ion.

Words from the same roots

Latinmanipulus all →

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