ElliElephant
ElliElephant t1_ja74yy5 wrote
Reply to comment by AxialGem in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
“*man- (2) Proto-Indo-European root meaning "hand." It forms all or part of: amanuensis; command; commando; commend; countermand; demand; Edmund; emancipate; legerdemain; maintain; manacle; manage; manciple; mandamus; mandate; manege; maneuver; manicure; manifest; manipulation; manner; manque; mansuetude; manual; manubrium; manufacture; manumission; manumit; manure; manuscript; mastiff; Maundy Thursday; mortmain; Raymond; recommend; remand; Sigismund.”
ElliElephant t1_ja72jny wrote
Reply to Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
“man” is much older than that. It comes from the Proto-Indo-European word for hand. Which is evident in words like “manual” “manicure” and so on.
You can almost imagine these people naming themselves “hands” because nothing else around has them
ElliElephant t1_ja76dkr wrote
Reply to comment by AxialGem in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man
Yeah etymon line is great for getting lost in rabbit holes
They generally do a good job of noting when something is speculative or debated