Where does “menjotejar” come from?

menjotejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan menjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicare, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق — to fly.

menjotejar (Catalan): to eat little, to pick at one's food

Definitions

  1. to eat little, to pick at one's food

Ancestry of “menjotejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanmenjarto eat; food
2Vulgar Latinmandicare
3Latinmanducāre
4Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
5Latinmandūcusglutton
6Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
7Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
8Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
9Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus