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
- stain; mark; blemish; spot; a disgrace, discredit...
Ancestry of “mancha”, step by step
mancha traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French Manche
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | Manche | English Channel |
| 2 | Italian | mancia | tip |
| 3 | Old French | manche | sleeve; handle |
| 4 | Latin | manica | long sleeve of a tunic; manacles, handcuffs; a... |
| 5 | Latin | -ica | inflection of -icus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 6 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Vulgar Latin macla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vulgar Latin | macla | medieval spelling of macula; ablative singular of... |
| 2 | Latin | Macula | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | smh₁-tleh₂ | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | smeh₁- | smear, rub |