'amanuensis' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'amanuensis', where 'a-' meant 'by' and 'manus' meant 'hand'.

'amanuensis' changed from the Latin word 'amanuensis' and eventually became the modern English word 'amanuensis'.

Initially, it meant 'a person who writes by hand', but over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'a person employed to write or type what another dictates'.