Where does “manje maten” come from?
manje maten (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole manje, 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.
manje maten (Haitian Creole): breakfast
Definitions
- breakfast
Ancestry of “manje maten”, step by step
manje maten traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Haitian Creole manje
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | manje | food; eat |
| 2 | French | manger | to eat; food, foodstuff |
| 3 | Middle French | manger | to eat; food |
| 4 | Old French | mengier | to eat; food; nourishment |
| 5 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 6 | Latin | manducō | to chew, gnaw on, masticate |
| 7 | Latin | mandūcus | glutton |
| 8 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 9 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | to fly |
| 10 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | to fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |
via Haitian Creole maten
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | maten | morning |
| 2 | French | mâtin | guard dog, watchdog, hound; mastiff; sly old dog,... |
| 3 | Old French | mastin | guard dog |
| 4 | Latin | mansuetīnus | — |
| 5 | Latin | mānsuētus | tamed, tame |
| 6 | Latin | mansuēscō | to tame, render mild, gentle, or peaceable |
| 7 | Latin | suēscō | to become used or accustomed to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swe-dʰh₁-sk- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |