Manipulation
/ˌmænɪpjʊˈleɪʃən/noun
The act of skillfully handling, controlling, or influencing something or someone.
Did you know?Its Latin root, *manus* (“hand”), also gave English words like manual, manicure, and manuscript — proof that ancient power was literally imagined as something done by hand.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*man-
“hand”
Latin
Latin
manus
“hand”
Late Latin
Latin
manipulus
“a handful; a small bundle or group”
Latin
Latin
manipulāre
“to handle skillfully; to work with the hands”
Middle French
Old French
manipulation
“handling; management; treatment”
Modern English
English
manipulation
“the act of skillfully handling, controlling, or influencing”