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Where does “mangy” come from?

Mangy comes from Middle English -y, from Middle French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ivus, from Latin -ia, from Latin manus meaning hand.

mangy (English): Afflicted with mange; Worn and squalid-looking;...

Definitions

  1. Afflicted with mange; Worn and squalid-looking;...

Ancestry of “mangy”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mangy”

  • manginess
  • mangily
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