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Where does “munga” come from?

munga (English) comes from English mungaree, from Italian mangiare, from Old French mangier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq — to fly.

munga (English): The bonnet monkey; Food

Definitions

  1. The bonnet monkey; Food

Ancestry of “munga”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmungareefood
2Italianmangiareto eat; to tuck in, to start to eat; to live
3Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to eat
4Latinmanducāre—
5Latinmanducō—
6Latinmandūcus—
7Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
8Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
9Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
10Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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