manacle的词源

英文词源

manacle: manacle: see manual
manacle (n.): mid-14c., "a fetter for the hand," from Old French manicle "manacles, handcuffs; bracelet; armor for the hands," from Latin manicula "handle," literally "little hand," diminutive of manicae "long sleeves of a tunic, gloves; armlets, gauntlets; handcuffs, manacles," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). Related: Manacles.
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear

[Blake, "Songs of Experience"]
manacle (v.): c. 1300, "to fetter with manacles," from manacle (n.). Related: Manacled; manacling.

来自拉丁语manus,手，词源同manual,-acle,小词后缀。字面意思即小手，引申词义手铐，可能来自幽默用法。

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词根词缀： -man-手 + -acle名词词尾