manilla

Meaning

Noun

• A penannular armlet, mostly in bronze, copper or gold, which served as a form of money or barter coinage amongst certain West African peoples.

Origin

• From Spanish manilla, from Catalan manilla; partly from Latin monīle, from Proto-Indo-European *mony-; and partly from Frankish *mānili, from *māno, from Proto-Germanic *mēnô, from Proto-Indo-European *mḗh₁n̥s, related to Old High German mânili. More at mane, moon.