Where does “almanĝaĵo” come from?

almanĝaĵo (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto almanĝi, 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.

almanĝaĵo (Esperanto): snack or other food to accompany a drink;...

Definitions

  1. snack or other food to accompany a drink;...

Ancestry of “almanĝaĵo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoalmanĝito eat
2Esperantomanĝito eat
3Frenchmangerto eat; food, foodstuff
4Middle Frenchmangerto eat; food
5Old Frenchmengierto eat; food; nourishment
6Latinmanducāre
7Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
8Latinmandūcusglutton
9Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
10Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
11Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
12Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus