[1870–75; ‹ ML, LL: alter. (perh. by assoc. with manus hand) of L aquimināle, aquae mānāle ewer, equiv. to aquae, gen. of aqua water + mānāle (or manāle), perh. deriv. of mānāre to flow, pour]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: asymmetric, giveaway, linkage, upgrade, washout