Where does “moncare” come from?
moncare (Italian) comes from Italian monco, from Italian manco, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
moncare (Italian): to maim, to mutilate
Definitions
- to maim, to mutilate
Ancestry of “moncare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | monco | maimed, mutilated; crippled; incomplete |
| 2 | Italian | manco | faulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;... |
| 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- | — |