Where does “mangiabambini” come from?
mangiabambini (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.
mangiabambini (Italian): bogeyman
Ancestry of “mangiabambini”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | mangiare | to eat; to tuck in, to start to eat; to live |
| 2 | Old French | mangier | Alternative form of mengier; to eat |
| 3 | Latin | manducāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | manducō | — |
| 5 | Latin | mandūcus | — |
| 6 | Latin | -ucus | used to form the names of certain plants |
| 7 | Azerbaijani | uçmaq | — |
| 8 | Old Anatolian Turkish | اوچمق | — |
| 9 | Proto-Turkic | uč- | to fly |