Etymology
The three most probable etymologies of the word Mangas are the following:
- From the Turkish manga "small military troop" via Albanian.
- From the Latin manica (from the same root as Modern Greek μανίκι "sleeve", that is) "hand-related" (cf. the sound change from the Latin manicus to the Spanish mango "handle").
- According to a more marginal proposal, its origin is from the Latin mango, -onis "dealer, trader".
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