Etymology

mannerism

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Today it means: A noticeable personal habit, a verbal or other (often, but not necessarily unconscious) habitual behavior peculiar to an individual. Full definition →

English manner ← Middle English man ← Old English mann
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mannerism · noun1

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

From manner + -ism.

mannerism · noun2

  1. Italian · derived frommanierismo
  2. English todaymannerism

From Italian manierismo, from maniera, coined by Luigi Lanzi at the end of the 18ᵗʰ century.

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