mancus
Pronunciation: [ˈmaŋ.kʊs]
“mancus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:
adjective
Etymology
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…
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