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Where does “mans” come from?
mans (Old French) comes from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.
Ancestry of “mans”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Latin
mancus
maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
2
Proto-Indo-European
mank-
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Words derived from “mans”
mans
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