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Where does “manjar” come from?

manjar (Occitan) comes from Old Occitan manjar, from Vulgar Latin mandicare, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq, from Old Anatolian Turkish اوچمق — to fly.

manjar (Occitan): to eat; food

Definitions

  1. to eat; food

Ancestry of “manjar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanmanjarto eat
2Vulgar Latinmandicare—
3Latinmanducāre—
4Latinmanducō—
5Latinmandūcus—
6Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
7Azerbaijaniuçmaq—
8Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمق—
9Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
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