Where does “manque” come from?

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

manque (English): Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance,...

Definitions

  1. Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance,...

Ancestry of “manque”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmanquépast participle of manquer
2Italianmancofaulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
3Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
4Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
5Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →