Where does “mancança” come from?

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

mancança (Catalan): lack

Definitions

  1. lack

Ancestry of “mancança”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmancarto be lacking; to be false to, to fail, to go...
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- →Every word from Latin mancus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mancāre →