Where does manyhood come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

manyhood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"Then shalt thou rede the blessed law of the singleness that dieth for the more holy round of manyhood, to thrive, and speechless say by what we be: — […]"
"Let it be that state of manyhood bound and loathing."

From Middle English *manyhode (found only as manyhede, manihede), equivalent to many + -hood.

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