Where does “manger” come from?
Manger comes from Old French mangeoire, derived from Old French mangier, from Latin manduco meaning to chew or eat, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European men- or man-.
manger (English): A trough for animals to eat from
Definitions
- A trough for animals to eat from
Ancestry of “manger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | manger | manger |
| 2 | Old French | mangeoire | — |
| 3 | Old French | mangier | Alternative form of mengier; to eat |
| 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 |