Where does “manc” come from?

manc (Catalan) comes from Italian manco, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

manc (Catalan): maimed; lacking

Definitions

  1. maimed; lacking

Ancestry of “manc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancofaulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
2Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
3Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
4Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →