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Where does “*mancāre” come from?

*mancāre (Vulgar Latin) comes from Latin mancus, from Proto-Indo-European mank-.

Ancestry of “*mancāre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmancusmaimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm; defective,...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanmank-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mank- →