Where does “vespermanĝi” come from?
vespermanĝi (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vespermanĝo, from Esperanto manĝo, from Esperanto manĝi, from French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō — to fly.
vespermanĝi (Esperanto): to eat dinner supper, evening meal, to dine
Definitions
- to eat dinner supper, evening meal, to dine
Ancestry of “vespermanĝi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | vespermanĝo | dinner, supper, evening meal |
| 2 | Esperanto | manĝo | meal |
| 3 | Esperanto | manĝi | to eat |
| 4 | French | manger | to eat; food, foodstuff |
| 5 | Middle French | manger | to eat; food |
| 6 | Old French | mengier | to eat; food; nourishment |
| 7 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 9 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 10 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 11 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 12 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |