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manor

/ˈmænə/MA-nur
/ˈmænɚ/MA-nur

Meaninga dwelling

Common meaning: a large country estate

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAN‘remain’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 260, p. 739 · scan
  2. Latinmaneō, mānsum‘to stay, remain’
  3. Old Frenchmanoirsource
  4. Middle Englishmaneresource
  5. Englishmanor‘a large country estate’ · today

man also in: mansionremainremnantpermanent

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin maneō ‘to stay, remain’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry maneō, p. 1107 · dictionary scan

Roots

Related words

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