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AxialGem t1_ja75r6q wrote

Reply to comment by ElliElephant in Humen is a more logical plural to human than humans. It’s men and women, not mans and womans. by frenglish_man

Huh, yea that is a good resource!
I guess I just went on a journey on wiktionary, which told me that the origin of latin manus was disputed, although possibly connected. That's why I asked, so I also didn't arrive at the same root for them both.
I'm not actually a historical linguist, so I couldn't tell any more about it, but etymonline is generally pretty good afaik

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ElliElephant t1_ja76dkr wrote

Yeah etymon line is great for getting lost in rabbit holes

They generally do a good job of noting when something is speculative or debated

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