Where does “mank” come from?

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

mank (Maltese): not even

Definitions

  1. not even

Ancestry of “mank”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmancofaulty, imperfect, maimed, missing something;...
2Italianmancareto lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent
3Vulgar Latin*mancāre—
4Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →Every word from Latin mancus →Every word from Vulgar Latin *mancāre →