The story
- Old English · inherited frommansliht“murder; killing of a person”
- Middle English · inherited frommanslagt
- English todaymanslaught
From Middle English manslagt, manslaȝt, from Old English mansliht (“murder; killing of a person”), equivalent to man + slaught. Cognate with Middle Low German manslacht, Middle High German manslaht, Danish mandslæt.
Words from the same roots
Old Englishmansliht all →
manslaughter
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.