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