English
mank
Mank comes from Italian mancare ‘to be lacking’.
- Italianc. 1300–presentmancare‘to be lacking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978mank
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Italianc. 1300–presentmancare‘to be lacking’
- Englishearliest quotation 1978mank
Earliest quotation: 1978, Anthony Smith, Wilderness: “Antarctica can be dingle, with clear skies, or mank,…”
Every English word from Italian mancare
Today it means
adj Disgusting, repulsive.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Italian mancare / mank