Where does “à la manque” come from?
à la manque (French) comes from Italian manco, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
à la manque (French): maimed; failed, lousy
Ancestry of “à la manque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | manco | faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;... |
| 2 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |