Etymology

mannequin

man·ne·quin
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Today it means: A dummy, or life-size model of the human body, used for martial arts training or the fitting or displaying of clothes. Full definition →

French mannequin ← Old French [Term?] ← Middle Dutch mannekin
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  1. Middle Dutch · derived frommannekin
  2. Old French · derived from[Term?]“little man, figurine”
  3. French · borrowed frommannequin
  4. English todaymannequin

Borrowed from French mannequin, derived from Old French [Term?] (“little man, figurine”), derived from Middle Dutch mannekin (“little man”) or mannekijn (see English manikin), diminutive of man (“man”). By surface analysis, man + -kin. Compare ramequin/ramekin. Doublet of manakin and manikin.

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