Where does “manke” come from?
manke (Haitian Creole) comes from French manquer, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
manke (Haitian Creole): To lack
Ancestry of “manke”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | manquer | to lack, to be lacking in; to be missed by/to be... |
| 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- | — |