Where does “manco” come from?
manco (Italian) comes from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
manco (Italian): faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
Definitions
- faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
Ancestry of “manco”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 2 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |
Words derived from “manco”