English
manducation
Manducation comes from Late Latin mandūcātiō ‘a chewing, eating’, from Latin mandūcō ‘to chew, to eat’, and ultimately from mandō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘chew, eat, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcus‘glutton’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcō‘to chew, to eat’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmandūcātiō‘a chewing, eating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590-1600manducation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘chew, eat, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcus‘glutton’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcō‘to chew, to eat’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmandūcātiō‘a chewing, eating’
- Englishearliest quotation 1590-1600manducation
Earliest quotation: 1590-1600, Richard Hooker, Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity: “a literal, corporal and oral manducation of the very…”
Equivalent to manducate + -ion
Latin mandō ‘chew, eat, devour’
Latin mandūcus ‘glutton’
Latin mandūcō ‘chew, masticate’
Latin mandūcātus ‘chewed, masticated, having been gnawed’
English manducate
Linked words
through Latin mandō ‘chew, eat, devour’
commander, mandatory, commodore, mandate, commend, commando, commandant, commandment, mandible, mandibular, commandeer, 10 more
through Latin mandūcō ‘to chew, to eat’
Today it means
noun The act of eating.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mandō / manducation