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Where does “mancha” come from?

mancha (Portuguese) comes from French Manche, from Italian mancia, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from Latin -ica, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

mancha (Portuguese): stain; mark; blemish; spot; a disgrace, discredit...

Definitions

  1. stain; mark; blemish; spot; a disgrace, discredit...

Ancestry of “mancha”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FrenchMancheEnglish Channel
2Italianmanciatip
3Old Frenchmanchesleeve; handle
4Latinmanicalong sleeve of a tunic; manacles, handcuffs; a...
5Latin-icainflection of -icus: ## nominative/vocative...
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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