Where does “manducatory” come from?
manducatory (English) comes from English manducate, 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.
manducatory (English): Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing
Definitions
- Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing
Ancestry of “manducatory”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manducate | To chew; to masticate; To eat |
| 2 | Latin | manducatus | chewed, masticated, having been gnawed; eaten,... |
| 3 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 4 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 5 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 6 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 7 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |