manner

manner · noun, verb¹

1. Latin · derived frommanuarius“belonging to the hand”
2. Vulgar Latin · derived from*manāria
3. Old French · derived frommaniere
4. Anglo-Norman · derived frommanere
5. Middle English · inherited frommanere
6. English todaymanner

From Middle English manere, maner, from Anglo-Norman manere, from Old French maniere, from Vulgar Latin *manāria, from feminine of Latin manuarius (“belonging to the hand”), from manus (“hand”). Compare French manière, Italian mannaia (“ax, axe”), Portuguese maneira and maneiro (“handy, portable”), Romanian mâner (“handle”), and Spanish manera. Displaced native Old English hād (“nature, manner”).

manner · noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European*mon-
2. Proto-Germanic*mann-
3. Proto-West Germanic*mann
4. Old Englishmann
5. Middle Englishman
6. Englishman
7. English todaymanner

From man + -er.

Manner · proper noun³

1. Latin · derived frommanere“to stay”
2. English todayManner

From the Norman surname, Mesnières in France, itself from a derivative of Latin manere (“to stay”).

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