manoeuvre

Meanings

Noun

Verb

Origin

  • From Middle French manÅ“uvre ("manipulation, manoeuvre") and manouvrer, from Old French manovre ("handwork, manual labour"), from Medieval Latin manopera, manuopera, from manu + operari. First recorded in the Capitularies of Charlemagne (800 AD) to mean "chore, manual task", probably as a calque of the Frankish *handwerc ("hand-work"). Compare Old English handweorc, Old English handÄ¡eweorc, German Handwerk.

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