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Where does “immangeable” come from?

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

immangeable (French): inedible, uneatable

Definitions

  1. inedible, uneatable

Ancestry of “immangeable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmangeableedible, that can be eaten without disgust
2Frenchmangerto eat; food, foodstuff
3Middle Frenchmangerto eat; food
4Old Frenchmengierto eat; food; nourishment
5Latinmanducāre—
6Latinmanducō—
7Latinmandūcus—
8Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
9Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
10Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
11Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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