manuculus

Latin

Etymology

Modification of earlier *manupulus, itself a modification of Classical Latin manipulus, from manus f (“hand”) and -pleō (“fill”). The modified form can be interpreted as ending in the diminutive termination -uculus. Attested in the prefixed form ⟨commanuculus⟩, in the syncopated form ⟨manuclus⟩ in a Seneca manuscript, and in the misspelled form ⟨mamaculus⟩ in a gloss from late antiquity.[1][2]

Noun

manuculus m (genitive manuculī); second declension (Late Latin)

handful

Descendants

Balkan Romance:
- Aromanian: mãnuclju
- Romanian: mănunchi
Italo-Romance:
- Italian: mannocchio (obsolete)
- Neapolitan:
  maniecchie (Matera)
  
  manuocchie (Agnone, Campobasso)
Insular Romance:
- Sardinian: mannugru, manucru
North Italian:
- Ladin: manodl
Gallo-Romance:
- Franco-Provençal: maneu, mënu
- Old French: manoil
Occitano-Romance:
- Catalan: manoll
- Occitan: manolh
Ibero-Romance:
- Old Galician-Portuguese: mãollo
  - Galician: mollo, monllo
  - Portuguese: molho, manolho
- Spanish: manojo

References

Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manĭpŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 231
Wilhelm Heraeus (1899) Die Sprache des Petronius und die Glossen, Leipzig, page 45: "manuclus: III 485, 58 mamaculus δραμα, wohl = manuculus δράγμα, vgl. Z. 54 manipulus δράγμα"

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[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “manĭpŭlus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 6/1: Mabile–Mephitis, page 231

[2] Wilhelm Heraeus (1899) Die Sprache des Petronius und die Glossen, Leipzig, page 45: "manuclus: III 485, 58 mamaculus δραμα, wohl = manuculus δράγμα, vgl. Z. 54 manipulus δράγμα"