Where does “mankanza” come from?
mankanza (Maltese) comes from Italian mancanza, from Italian mancare, from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
mankanza (Maltese): lack, shortage, deficiency, want
Definitions
- lack, shortage, deficiency, want
Ancestry of “mankanza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mancanza | lack, shortage, deficiency, want; absence; fault,... |
| 2 | Italian | mancare | to lack; to be lacking; to be missing, absent |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *mancāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | mancus | maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mank- | — |