Where does “mãcari” come from?

mãcari (Aromanian) comes from Aromanian mãc, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

mãcari (Aromanian): food

Definitions

  1. food

Ancestry of “mãcari”, step by step

mãcari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Aromanian mãc

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1AromanianmãcI eat
2Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
3Latinmandūcusglutton
4Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
5Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
6Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
7Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

via Latin manducāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanducāre
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus