LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verb

mancāre

*mancāre

Meaning

  1. Proto Romancereconstructionto lack

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -āre Latin *mancāre From mancus (“lame, defective”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Italianmancare
  • Englishmank
  • Albanianmungoj
  • Proto-West Germanic*mangalōn

Quick answers

What does mancāre mean in Latin?
mancāre, a verb, means “to lack”.