Where does “mankar” come from?
mankar (Ido) comes from Esperanto manki, from French manquer, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
mankar (Ido): to be lacking, wanting, missing
Definitions
- to be lacking, wanting, missing
Ancestry of “mankar”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | manki | to be lacking, be missing; to be wanting |
| 2 | French | manquer | to lack, to be lacking in; to be missed by/to be... |
| 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- | — |
Words derived from “mankar”