manicula

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der.

Proto-Italic *manus

Latin manus

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Proto-Italic *-kelos

Latin -icula

Latin manicula

From manus (“hand”) + -icula.

Noun

manicula f (genitive maniculae); first declension

1. A little hand

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	manicula	maniculae
genitive	maniculae	maniculārum
dative	maniculae	maniculīs
accusative	maniculam	maniculās
ablative	maniculā	maniculīs
vocative	manicula	maniculae

Derived terms

• *manicella

Descendants

• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: manicchia, manecchia
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: manilla
    • → Spanish: manilla
      • → Italian: maniglia
      • → Portuguese: manilha
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: manija
• ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *manibula, ⇒ *manubella
  • French: manivelle (see there for further descendants)
  • Italian: manovella (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • → French: manicle
    • → English: manacle
  • → Portuguese: manícula

References

• “manicula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "manicula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “manicula”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.