Etymology

manutention

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Today it means: Maintenance, upkeep of a person, place or thing. Full definition →

French manutention ← Latin manutentio
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The story

  1. Latin · derived frommanutentio“maintenance”
  2. French · derived frommanutention
  3. English todaymanutention

From French manutention, from Latin manutentio (“maintenance”), from present participle of manutenere (“to maintain”).

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