Where does “mangeria” come from?

mangeria (Italian) comes from Italian mangiare, from Old French mangier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق — to fly.

mangeria (Italian): graft illicit profit in public life

Definitions

  1. graft illicit profit in public life

Ancestry of “mangeria”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmangiareto eat; to tuck in, to start to eat; to live
2Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to 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