Etymology

manumit

man·u·mit
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Today it means: To release (someone) from slavery; to free. Full definition →

Middle English manumitten ← Latin manūmittere
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  1. Latin · derived frommanūmittere
  2. Middle English · inherited frommanumitten
  3. English todaymanumit

From Middle English manumitten, from Latin manūmittere, from pre-Classical Latin manū ēmittere (literally “send out from one’s hand”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.