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
- seedeater bird of the genus
Ancestry of “menjagrà”, step by step
menjagrà traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan menja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | menja | dish especially a tasty or fancy one |
| 2 | Catalan | menjar | to eat; food |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | mandicare | — |
| 4 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 5 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 6 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 7 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 8 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 9 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 10 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |