January 28, 2006
Handbook & Manual
Yes, I should have realized it before but it never clicked: "Handbook" and "Manual" (in the sense of, an instruction book) have parallel etymologies: manual coming from the Latin root for hand (think of the Spanish "mano" for hand).
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