noun
Origin: ME < L mansuetudo < pp. of mansuescere, to tame < manus, a hand (see manual) + suescere, to accustom < IE base *swedh-, custom > Gr ēthos
See mansuetude in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Origin:
Origin: Middle English
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin mānsuētūdō
Origin: , from mānsuētus
Origin: , past participle of mānsuēscere, to tame
Origin: : manus, hand; see man-2 in Indo-European roots
Origin: + suēscere, to accustom; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots
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