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
- Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance,...
Ancestry of “manque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | manqué | past participle of manquer |
| 2 | Italian | manco | faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;... |
| 3 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |