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== Etymology == The English verb ''manage'' has its roots in the fifteenth-century [[French language|French]] verb {{lang|fr|mesnager}}, which often referred in [[Equestrianism|equestrian]] language "to hold in hand the reins of a horse".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mintzberg |first1=Henry,. |title=Manager l'essentiel : ce que font vraiment les managers ... et ce qu'ils pourraient faire mieux |year=2014 |publisher=Vuibert |location=Paris |isbn=978-2-311-40094-6}}</ref> Also the [[Italian language|Italian]] term {{lang|it|maneggiare}} (to handle, especially tools or a horse) is possible. In [[Spanish language|Spanish]], {{lang|es|manejar}} can also mean to rule the horses.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Real Academia Española |first1=Diccionario de la lengua española |title=manejar {{!}} Diccionario de la lengua española |url=https://dle.rae.es/manejar |language=es}}</ref> These three terms derive from the two [[Latin]] words {{lang|la|manus}} (hand) and {{lang|la|agere}} (to act). The French word for [[housekeeping]], {{lang|fr|ménagerie}}, derived from {{lang|fr|ménager}} ("to keep house"; compare {{lang|fr|ménage}} for "household"), also encompasses taking care of domestic animals. {{lang|fr|[[wikt:menagerie|Ménagerie]]}} is the French translation of [[Xenophon]]'s famous book ''[[Oeconomicus]]''<ref>{{Cite web|author1=Xenophon|year=1734|title=Oikonomikos. Oder Xenophon vom Haus-Wesen, aus der Griechischen- in die Teutsche Sprache übersetzet von Barthold Henrich Brockes, dem jüngern. Mit einer Vorrede S.T. Herrn Jo. Alb. Fabricii ... Nebst den wenigen Stücken, die aus der Lateinischen Uebersetzung Ciceronis noch übrig|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ITdXAAAAcAAJ&q=menagerie+xenophon&pg=PP21}}</ref> ({{langx|grc|Οἰκονομικός}}) on household matters and [[husbandry]]. The French word {{lang|fr|mesnagement}} (or {{lang|fr|ménagement}}) influenced the semantic development of the English word ''management'' in the 17th and 18th centuries.<ref>{{cite web|title=Home : Oxford English Dictionary|url=http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/113218?redirectedFrom=management#eid}}</ref>
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