Where does “manque” come from?
manque (French) comes from Italian manco, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
manque (French): past participle of manquer
Definitions
- past participle of manquer
Ancestry of “manque”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “manque”