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Where does “mangiamoccoli” come from?

mangiamoccoli (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.

mangiamoccoli (Italian): bigot

Definitions

  1. bigot

Ancestry of “mangiamoccoli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmangiareto eat; to tuck in, to start to eat; to live
2Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to eat
3Latinmanducāre—
4Latinmanducō—
5Latinmandūcus—
6Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
7Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
8Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
9Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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