Where does “Oto-Manguean” come from?
Oto-Manguean (English) comes from English Mangue, from French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus — to fly.
Oto-Manguean (English): Of or pertaining to this language family
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to this language family
Ancestry of “Oto-Manguean”, step by step
Oto-Manguean traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Mangue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Mangue | An ethnic group of Nicaragua |
| 2 | French | manger | to eat; food, foodstuff |
| 3 | Middle French | manger | to eat; food |
| 4 | Old French | mengier | to eat; food; nourishment |
| 5 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 7 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 8 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 9 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 10 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |