'Manage' comes from the Latin manus for 'hand' Edit to add: 'Man' either started in Old English as man or mon, or came from Old High German man. In either case

'Manage' comes from the Latin manus for 'hand' Edit to add: 'Man' either started in Old English as man or mon, or came from Old High German man. In either case it meant 'human being'. It seems to have become male-only more recently. Source: Marriam-Webster.