English
manqué
Manqué comes from French manquer ‘to lack, to be lacking in’, from Italian manco ‘maimed’, and ultimately from Latin mancus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmancus‘maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmanco‘maimed’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmancare‘to be lacking, to be missing (of objects)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmanquer‘to lack, to be lacking in’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmanquépast participle form of manquer
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmancus‘maimed, crippled, handicapped, infirm’
- Italianc. 1300–presentmanco‘maimed’
- Italian, derivedc. 1300–presentmancare‘to be lacking, to be missing (of objects)’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentmanquer‘to lack, to be lacking in’
- French, derivedc. 1600–presentmanquépast participle form of manquer
- Englishearliest quotation 1848same form
Earliest quotation: 1848, – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray: “[…] and all things considered, I don't much regret…”
Every English word from Latin mancus
Today it means
adj Unfulfilled due to the vagary of circumstance, some inherent flaw or a constitutional lack.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mancus / manqué