Where does “mancare” come from?

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

mancare (Italian): to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent

Definitions

  1. to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent

Ancestry of “mancare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
2Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—

Words derived from “mancare”

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