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
- Afflicted with mange; Worn and squalid-looking;...
Ancestry of “mangy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mange | A skin disease of mammals caused by parasitic... |
| 2 | Middle English | manjewe | — |
| 3 | Old French | manjue | — |
| 4 | Old French | mangier | Alternative form of mengier; to eat |
| 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 |