Where does “manko” come from?
manko (Ido) comes from Ido mankar, from Esperanto manki, from French manquer, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
manko (Ido): want, lack, absence, deficiency, shortcoming,...
Definitions
- want, lack, absence, deficiency, shortcoming,...
Ancestry of “manko”, step by step
manko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ido mankar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | mankar | to be lacking, wanting, missing |
| 2 | Esperanto | manki | to be lacking, be missing; to be wanting |
| 3 | French | manquer | to lack, to be lacking in; to be missed by/to be... |
| 4 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |
via Ido o
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ido | o | Apocopic form of od |