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- Latin · derived frommansuētūdō
- Middle French · derived frommansuetude
- English todaymansuetude
Via Middle French mansuetude or directly from Latin mansuētūdō, from mansuētus, perfect passive participle of mansuēscō (“to tame”), from manus (“hand”) + suēscō (“become accustomed”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.