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mancus.

maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm

6 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

adj[ˈmaŋ.kʊs]Classical-Latin[ˈmaŋ.kus]

  1. maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2

  2. defective, imperfect

    adjective · declension-1 · declension-2 · defective · imperfect
Where this word comes from

Probably from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂n-ko- (“maimed in the hand”), from *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én- (“hand”), with semantic shift "hand" > "handy" > "handicapped, having a defect of the hand". Cognates include manus and Old Norse mund (“hand”). An alternate theory derives the word from Proto-Indo-European *menk- (“to lack”), comparing Lithuanian meñkas (“poor, small”) and Tocharian B mänk- (“to be deprived of, lack”). The root of these words is at times alternatively reconstructed as *men- (“small, isolated”).

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