mank

mank · verb¹

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*mank-
2. Latin · derived frommancus“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”
3. Old English · inherited from*mancian
4. Middle English · inherited frommanken
5. English todaymank

From Middle English manken, from Old English *mancian, bemancian (“to maim, mutilate”), of obscure origin. Cognate with Middle Low German mank (“lame, defective”), Dutch mank (“lame, defective”), and Middle High German manc (“lack, defect”). Perhaps from Latin mancus (“maimed, crippled, frail, incomplete”), from Proto-Indo-European *mank-, *menk- (“maimed, mutilation, torment”).

mank · adjective, noun²

1. Latin · derived frommancus“maimed”
2. Italian · derived frommancare“to be lacking”
3. English todaymank

Via Polari, from Italian mancare (“to be lacking”), from Latin mancus (“maimed”). See above.

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