Where does “mancanza” come from?

mancanza (Italian) comes from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

mancanza (Italian): lack, shortage, deficiency, want; absence; fault,...

Definitions

  1. lack, shortage, deficiency, want; absence; fault,...

Ancestry of “mancanza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
2Vulgar Latin*mancāre
3Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-

Words derived from “mancanza

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank-
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