Where does “ĉefmanĝaĵo” come from?
ĉefmanĝaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto manĝaĵo, from Esperanto manĝi, from French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus — to fly.
ĉefmanĝaĵo (Esperanto): entrée US, Canada, main course
Definitions
- entrée US, Canada, main course
Ancestry of “ĉefmanĝaĵo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | manĝaĵo | food; meal |
| 2 | Esperanto | manĝi | to eat |
| 3 | French | manger | to eat; food, foodstuff |
| 4 | Middle French | manger | to eat; food |
| 5 | Old French | mengier | to eat; food; nourishment |
| 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 |