manuscrit

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Sa   vie   est   connue   grâce   au   manuscrit   présenté   par   le   prédicateur   breton   Julien  Maunoir.

His life is known thanks to the manuscript presented by the Breton preacher Julien Maunoir.

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Meaning

Concepts

manuscript
handwritten
script
holograph
draft
draught
handwriting
hard copy
holographic
letter
ms
notes
🎶
paper
scripture
scroll
📜
article
handwrit
book
📖
codex
copy
Synonyms

écrit à la main

brouillon
23k
esquisse
36k

matc

ms

Translations

manoscritto
manuscrito
manuscrito
Manuskript
manuscrit
manuscript
Handschrift

χειρόγραφο

handschrift
Kodex
kopij

handgeschreven

manuscriptum
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ma.nys.kʁi/
Etymology

Cognate with Middle High German
hantschrift
Cognate with Old English
handġewrit
Cognate with Old Norse
handrit
In summary

1594, from Medieval Latin manuscriptum (“writing by hand”), from Latin manu (ablative of manus (“hand”)) + scriptus (past participle of scribere (“to write”)), calqued from a word of Germanic origin, compare Middle High German hantschrift, hantgeschrift (c. 1450, “manuscript”), Old English handġewrit (before 1150, “what is written by hand, deed, contract, manuscript”), Old Norse handrit (before 1300, “manuscript”).

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