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Where does “magnà” come from?

magnà (Neapolitan) comes from Vulgar Latin mandicare, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق, from Proto-Turkic uč- — to fly.

magnà (Neapolitan): to eat; food

Definitions

  1. to eat; food

Ancestry of “magnà”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latinmandicare—
2Latinmanducāre—
3Latinmanducō—
4Latinmandūcus—
5Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
6Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
7Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
8Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč- →