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Where does “mânca” come from?

mânca (Romanian) comes from Vulgar Latin manucare, 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.

mânca (Romanian): to eat; to be eaten; to eat away at, corrode;...

Definitions

  1. to eat; to be eaten; to eat away at, corrode;...

Ancestry of “mânca”, step by step

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

Words derived from “mânca”

  • mâncare
  • mâncărime
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