Where does “manjedoura” come from?

manjedoura (Portuguese) comes from Italian mangiatoia, from Italian mangiare, from Old French mangier, from Latin manducāre, from Latin manducō, from Latin mandūcus, from Latin -ucus, from Azerbaijani uçmaq — to fly.

manjedoura (Portuguese): manger

Definitions

  1. manger

Ancestry of “manjedoura”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianmangiatoiamanger
2Italianmangiareto eat; to tuck in, to start to eat; to live
3Old FrenchmangierAlternative form of mengier; to eat
4Latinmanducāre
5Latinmanducōto chew, gnaw on, masticate
6Latinmandūcusglutton
7Latin-ucusused to form the names of certain plants
8Azerbaijaniuçmaqto fly
9Old Anatolian Turkishاوچمقto fly, to travel through the air without being in contact with a grounded surface
10Proto-Turkicuč-to fly
Every word from Proto-Turkic uč-Every word from Latin -ucusEvery word from Latin mandūcus