Where does “mank” come from?

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

mank (English): To mutilate; Disgusting, repulsive; Something...

Definitions

  1. To mutilate; Disgusting, repulsive; Something...

Ancestry of “mank”, step by step

mank traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian mancare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
2Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
3Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—

via Middle English manken

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishmankento mutilate
2Old Englishmancian—

Words derived from “mank”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →Every word from Latin mancus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mancāre →
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