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manducar (Verb) "to eat" 17th cent. Borrowed from Latin manducare 'id.' From mandere "to chew." From Proto-Italic mand-n- "to chew" but originally "to stir." From Proto-Indo-European menth₂- 'id.' Indo-European Romance Portuguese manjar, Catalan menjar, French manger, Italian manducare, Aromanian mãc, Romanian mânca, Sardinian mandhicare Balto-Slavic Old Church Slavonic męsti "to disturb," Russian mjastí 'id.,' Czech másti "to confuse," Slovene mę́sti "to disturb," Lithuanian mę̃sti "to mix" Indo-Iranian Sanskrit mánthanti "they whirl," Ossetic yzmæntyn "to stir" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
manejar (Verb) (Latin America) "to drive;" "to manage" Late 16th cent. Borrowed from Italian maneggiare 'id.' From Vulgar Latin *manidiare "to manage," a verbal derivative of manus "hand" (see mano). Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
manera f. (Noun) "manner" 12th cent. From Latin manuaria "skillful," composed of manus "hand" and -aria, a noun-forming suffix indicating a user or agent. See mano and -ero respectively for further etymologies. Indo-European Romance Portuguese maneiro, Italian mannaia, Aromanian mãnar, Romanian mâner Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
mano f. (Noun) "hand" 10th cent. From Latin manus 'id.' From Proto-Italic *man-u- 'id.' From Proto-Indo-European *m̥h₂-no- 'id.' From a root *meh₂- of uncertain value, but likely connected to waving or summoning. Indo-European Romance Asturian mano, Portuguese mão, Galician man, Catalan mà, French main, Italian mano, Aromanian mãnã, Romanian mână, Sardinian manu Italic Oscan manim "hand," Umbrian manuve "on the hand," South Picene manus "by the hand" Celtic Old Irish muin "protection," Middle Welsh mynawc "prince" Germanic Old Norse mund "hand," Old High German munt "hand," "protection," Old English mund 'id.' Hellenic Ancient Greek μάρη (máre) "hand" Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. de Vaan, M. Etymological Dictionary of Latin and Other Italic Languages. BRILL. 2014. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
mantener (Verb) "to maintain" Borrowed from Medieval Latin manutenere 'id.,' literally "to hold by hand." From manus "hand" (see mano) and tenere "to hold" (see tener). Indo-European Romance Asturian mantener, Portuguese manter, Galician manter, French maintenir, Italian mantenere Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
manzana (1) f. (Noun) "apple" 12th cent. Old Spanish mazana. From Vulgar Latin mattiana 'id.' From Latin mala Mattiana, a golden apple varietal but lit. "Matian apples." Named after the horticulturist Gaius Matius, friend of Cæsar Augustus, whom Pliny the Elder said introduced the art of clipping trees. Mala "apples" (singular malum) was borrowed from Ancient Greek μῆλον ‎(mêlon) "fruit," "tree." Of unknown origin. Also the origin of the surnames Manzanas and Mansana. Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Dictionnaire Étymologique Roman. Online. Ed. by É. Buchi & W. Schweickard. 2018. http://www.atilf.fr/DERom. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008. Tibón, G. Diccionario etimológico comparado de los apellidos españoles, hispanoamericanos y filipinos. Editorial Diana: Mexico. 1988.
manzana (2), manzana de Adán f. (Noun) (Latin America) "Adam's apple" From Latin pomum Adami "Adam's apple," a mistranslation of Hebrew tappuach ha-adam "man's bump" for "Adam's apple." Indo-European Romance French pomme d'Adam (English Adam's apple, a calque of the French) Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
manzanilla f. (Noun) "manzanilla" 10th cent. Old Spanish massanella, late 15th cent. manzanilla. Literally "little apple" (see manzana (1)). So-called for its visual similarity with an apple and its flower bud. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/.
mapa m. (Noun) "map" 16th cent. Borrowed from Medieval Latin mappa 'id.' From Latin mappa "napkin," "tablecloth." Of unknown origin, thought to be from a Semitic language (cf. Hebrew mapá "map," "tablecloth"). Indo-European Romance Portuguese mapa, Italian mappa Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.
máquina f. (Noun) "machine" 15th cent. Borrowed from Latin machina 'id.,' itself borrowed from Ancient Greek μαχανά ‎(mak^haná) "machine," "tool." Of unknown origin. Presumably borrowed from another language. Indo-European Romance Portuguese máquina, Galician máquina, Catalan màquina, French machine, Italian macchina, Romanian mașină Beekes, R. S. P. Etymological Dictionary of Greek. BRILL. 2014. Corominas, J. & J. Pascual. Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e híspanico. 6 vols. Madrid: Gredos. 1991-1997. Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la lengua española. Online. 23rd ed. Madrid: Espasa Calpa. 2014. http://www.rae.es/. Sihler, A. New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin. Oxford University Press. 2008.