manganum

Latin

Chemical element
Mn
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Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡa.nũː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmaŋ.ɡa.num]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (mánganon).

Noun

manganum n (genitive manganī); second declension

siege engine, mangonel (type of ballista)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	manganum	mangana
genitive	manganī	manganōrum
dative	manganō	manganīs
accusative	manganum	mangana
ablative	manganō	manganīs
vocative	manganum	mangana

Descendants

Italo-Romance:
- Italian: mangano, ⇒ manganello, manganella, mangonella
  - → Portuguese: manganela
- Sicilian: mànganu, Mànganu (surname)
  - → Italian: Mangano (surname)
    - → English: Mangano (surname)

Borrowings:

⇒? Medieval Latin: manganellus, mangonellus, manganella (or from Italian)
- → Catalan: manganell
- → Occitan: manganèl
- → Old French: manganel, mangunel, mangonel
  - French: mangonneau
  - → Dutch: mangonel (learned)
  - → Finnish: mangoneli (learned)
  - → Middle Dutch: manganeel, mangeneel
    - Dutch: mangeneel
  - → Middle English: mangonel
    - English: mangonel
- → Spanish: manganilla, ⇒ mangana
→ Middle High German: mange, mangel
- German: Mange, Mangel, ⇒ mangeln
- → Czech: mandl, mangl, ⇒ mandlovat
  - → Slovak: mangeľ, ⇒ mangľovať, mangľovňa
- → Finnish: mankeli
- → Hungarian: mángorol
- → Kashubian: mągla, ⇒ mąglovac, mąglac
- → Middle Dutch: manghe, mangel
  - → English: mangle
    - → Romanian: mangăl
- → Middle Low German: mange
- → Polish: magiel, maglownica, maglarka, maglarz, ⇒ maglować
  - → Ukrainian: ма́гель (máhelʹ), ма́голь (máholʹ), ма́гіль (máhilʹ), магельни́ца (mahelʹnýca), магля́рка (mahljárka), маглівни́ца (mahlivnýca), ⇒ маглюва́ти (mahljuváty)

Etymology 2

New Latin, altered from Medieval Latin magnesia.

Noun

manganum n (genitive manganī); second declension

manganese (chemical element 25)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	manganum	mangana
genitive	manganī	manganōrum
dative	manganō	manganīs
accusative	manganum	mangana
ablative	manganō	manganīs
vocative	manganum	mangana

References

"manganum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“manganum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Manganum”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.