Where does “manducate” come from?
manducate (English) comes from Latin manducatus, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.
manducate (English): To chew; to masticate; To eat
Definitions
- To chew; to masticate; To eat
Ancestry of “manducate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | manducatus | chewed, masticated, having been gnawed; eaten,... |
| 2 | Latin | manducō | — |
| 3 | Latin | mandūcus | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 5 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | — |
| 6 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | — |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |