Etymology

micromanager

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Today it means: One who micromanages. Full definition →

English manager ← Middle English *manage ← Old French manege
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The story

  1. Englishmicro-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  3. Proto-Italic*manus
  4. Latinmanus
  5. Vulgar Latin*manizāre
  6. Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
  7. Old Frenchmanege
  8. Middle English*manage
  9. Englishmanage
  10. Englishmanager
  11. English todaymicromanager

From micro- + manager.

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