Where does “mancar” come from?
mancar (Catalan) comes from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
mancar (Catalan): to be lacking; to be false to, to fail, to go...
Definitions
- to be lacking; to be false to, to fail, to go...
Ancestry of “mancar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |