manœuvre

move, movement; operation, manoeuvre; manoeuvres

“marge de manœuvre” — elbow room, wiggle room

From Old French manovre, from Medieval Latin manū opera (“handiwork”), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *handuwerk. Equivalent to main (“hand”) + œuvre (“work”).

labourer

From Old French manovre, from Medieval Latin manū opera (“handiwork”), a calque of Proto-West Germanic *handuwerk. Equivalent to main (“hand”) + œuvre (“work”).