Where does “mangerful” come from?

mangerful (English) comes from English manger, from Middle English manger, from Old French mangeoire, from Old French mangier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus — to fly.

mangerful (English): The amount that a manger will hold

Definitions

  1. The amount that a manger will hold

Ancestry of “mangerful”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangerA trough for animals to eat from
2Middle Englishmangermanger
3Old Frenchmangeoire
4Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to eat
5Latinmanducāre
6Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
7Latinmandūcusglutton
8Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
9Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
10Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
11Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus