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Where does “démanger” come from?

démanger (French) comes from French manger, from Middle French manger, from Old French mengier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq — to fly.

démanger (French): to itch, to cause to feel itchy; to cause to have...

Definitions

  1. to itch, to cause to feel itchy; to cause to have...

Ancestry of “démanger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmangerto eat; food, foodstuff
2Middle Frenchmangerto eat; food
3Old Frenchmengierto eat; food; nourishment
4Latinmanducāre—
5Latinmanducō—
6Latinmandūcus—
7Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
8Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
9Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
10Proto-Turkicuč-to fly

Words derived from “démanger”

  • démangeaison
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