Where does “manducate” come from?

manducate (Italian) comes from Italian manducato, from Italian manducare, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق — to fly.

manducate (Italian): second-person plural present indicative of...

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  1. second-person plural present indicative of...

Ancestry of “manducate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmanducatopast participle of manducare
2Italianmanducareto eat
3Latinmanducāre
4Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
5Latinmandūcusglutton
6Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
7Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
8Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
9Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus