manifiesto

/maniˈfjesto/ · B2 · adj

manifest, clear, apparent

📜 manifiesto = Latin manifestus, 'caught in the hand' (manus + festus), so plainly out in the open

Manus means hand, and the second part is linked to 'struck'. Something struck by the hand is something you can lay hold of, so it is obvious and clear. A manifiesto is a text that makes plain, in public, what a group believes.

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