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
- The condition of being mangy
Ancestry of “manginess”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mangy | Afflicted with mange; Worn and squalid-looking;... |
| 2 | English | mange | A skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic... |
| 3 | Middle English | manjewe | — |
| 4 | Old French | manjue | — |
| 5 | Old French | mangier | Alternative form of mengier; to eat |
| 6 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 8 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 9 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 10 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 11 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 12 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |