Etymologically

emaneo

Etymology and origin of the Latin word emaneo

Confidence
Established
Formation
Compound
First attested
Statius
Ultimate origin
Proto-Indo-European (*men-)
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Latin maneo
Latin emaneo
Latin intermaneo

Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [eːˈma.ne.oː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈmaː.ne.o][1]

Forms

ēmaneō (present infinitive ēmanēre, perfect active ēmānsī, supine ēmānsum); second conjugation, no passive[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ex- (“out”) + maneō (“to stay”).[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨maneō⟩ to Proto-Italic *mn̥-ē-, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-eh₁- (“to remain”).[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short cite Statius' Thebaid, of staying away outside.[4][5] Köbler dates Statius c. 45–96 AD.[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant to stay away, absent oneself, remain outside, as in Statius, and as a military term to stay away beyond one's leave, overstay leave, as in the Digest.[2][4][5]

Timeline

  • c. 45–96 AD – Statius uses it.[4][6]

Meanings

Verb

  1. To stay away, absent oneself.[2]
  2. (military) To overstay one's leave.[4][5]

Word family

  • ēmansiō
  • ēmansor

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b c Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
Cite this entry

“Emaneo.” Etymologically, 17 Oct. 2026, etymologically.com/la/emaneo. Accessed 17 Oct. 2026.

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