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I imagined it was short for "manuscript", as "manus" is the Swedish word for it. I also have a friend named Manu, who I imagine is hoping her name doesn't get Alexa'd.


The etymology of "manuscript" is from Latin "manu" by hand "script" (scriptus) written.




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