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Where does “manco” come from?

manco (Portuguese) comes from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

manco (Portuguese): lame

Definitions

  1. lame

Ancestry of “manco”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—

Words derived from “manco”

  • manca
  • mancar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →