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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—
7Latinmanducō—
8Latinmandūcus—
9Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
10Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
11Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
12Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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