Etymology

mano

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Today it means: A stone resembling a rolling pin, used to grind maize or other grain on a metate. Full definition →

Spanish mano
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  1. Spanish · borrowed frommano“hand”
  2. English todaymano

Borrowed from Spanish mano (“hand”). Doublet of manus.

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