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Where does “manginess” come from?

manginess (English) comes from English mangy, from English mange, from Middle English manjewe, from Old French manjue, from Old French mangier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus — to fly.

manginess (English): The condition of being mangy

Definitions

  1. The condition of being mangy

Ancestry of “manginess”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmangyAfflicted with mange; Worn and squalid-looking;...
2EnglishmangeA skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic...
3Middle Englishmanjewe—
4Old Frenchmanjue—
5Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to eat
6Latinmanducāre—
7Latinmanducō—
8Latinmandūcus—
9Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
10Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
11Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
12Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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