Where does “menjagrà” come from?

menjagrà (Catalan) comes from Catalan menja, from Catalan menjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicare, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq — to fly.

menjagrà (Catalan): seedeater bird of the genus

Definitions

  1. seedeater bird of the genus

Ancestry of “menjagrà”, step by step

menjagrà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Catalan menja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmenjadish especially a tasty or fancy one
2Catalanmenjarto eat; food
3Vulgar Latinmandicare
4Latinmanducāre
5Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
6Latinmandūcusglutton
7Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
8Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
9Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
10Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

via Catalan gra

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalangragrain; pimple
2Latingrānumgrain, seed, small kernel
3Proto-Italicgrānomgrain
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nómgrain
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵr̥h₂nósmatured, grown old
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵerh₂-to grow old, to mature
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus