English Explanatory Dictionary

amanuensis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts.
  2. A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

Pronunciation

/əˌmænjuˈɛnsɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-amanuensis.wav ə-măn'yo͞o-ĕnʹsĭs LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-amanuensis.wav

Word forms

amanuensis amanuenses

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ep Proto-Indo-European *-o Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó Proto-Italic *ap Latin abder. Latin ab- Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂-der. Proto-Italic *manus Latin manus Latin -ēnsis Latin āmanuēnsisbor. English amanuensis From Latin āmanuēnsis (“secretary”), from ab- (“from, off (of)”) + manus (“hand”) + -ensis (“of or from (a place)”), early 17th c.

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