Etymology

mansuete

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Today it means: tame; gentle Full definition →

Latin mānsuētus ← Proto-Indo-European *swe-dʰh₁-sḱ- ← Proto-Italic *manus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*manus
  3. Latinmanus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*swé
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*swe-dʰh₁-sḱ-
  7. Latinsuēscō
  8. Latinmānsuēscō
  9. Latinmānsuētus
  10. English todaymansuete

Borrowed from Latin mānsuētus.

Words from the same roots

Latinmānsuētus all →

mastiff

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