Where does “mangetout” come from?
mangetout (English) comes from French mangetout, 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.
mangetout (English): A vegetable pea eaten when immature
Definitions
- A vegetable pea eaten when immature
Ancestry of “mangetout”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | mangetout | mangetout |
| 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 |