mendigo
/menˈdiɡo/ · B2 · noun · m
beggar
🙏 mendigo = from Latin mendicus, 'needy'; sounds like 'mend-ee-go' (go mend my luck)
Mendigo comes from Latin mendicus, meaning needy or beggar, related to mendum, a fault or defect. A beggar asks others to mend a lack: 'men-DEE-go' sounds like 'mend, please, go on'.