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Where does “manko” come from?

manko (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto -o, from Spanish -ó, from Latin Aramaicus, from Ancient Greek Ἀραμαϊκός, from Aramaic ܐܪܡܝܐ, from Aramaic ארמיא, from Aramaic ארם.

manko (Esperanto): lack

Definitions

  1. lack

Ancestry of “manko”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperanto-oNominal suffix. Most Esperanto nouns end in "-o";...
2Spanish-óA suffix indicating the third-person singular...
3LatinAramaicus—
4Ancient GreekἈραμαϊκός—
5AramaicܐܪܡܝܐAramean; gentile
6Aramaicארמיא—
7Aramaicארם—
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