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Where does “manducare” come from?

manducare (Latin) comes from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

Ancestry of “manducare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmanducō—
2Latinmandūcus—
3Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
4Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
5Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
6Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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