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Where does “manger” come from?

manger (Canadian French) comes from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق — to fly.

manger (Canadian French): to eat; food, foodstuff

Definitions

  1. to eat; food, foodstuff

Ancestry of “manger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmangerto eat; food
2Old Frenchmengierto eat; food; nourishment
3Latinmanducāre—
4Latinmanducō—
5Latinmandūcus—
6Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
7Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
8Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
9Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “manger”

  • mañzhii
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