Manhunt etymology

English

English word manhunt comes from English man, English hunt

Detailed word origin of manhunt

Dictionary entry Language Definition
man English (en) Used to place emphasis upon something or someone; sometimes, but not always, when actually addressing a man. (Multicultural London English, slang) Used to refer to oneself or one's group: I, we; construed in the third person.. (collective) All human males collectively: mankind.. (collective) All humans collectively: mankind, humankind, humanity. (Sometimes capitalized as Man.). (historical) [...]
hunt English (en) (ambitransitive) To chase down prey and (usually) kill it.. (ambitransitive) To try to find something; search (for).. (bell-ringing, intransitive) To shift up and down in order regularly.. (bell-ringing, transitive) To move or shift the order of (a bell) in a regular course of changes.. (engineering, intransitive) To be in a state of instability of movement or forced oscillation, as a [...]
manhunt English (en) An organized search for a criminal or enemy.

Words with the same origin as manhunt

Descendants of man

mon