English
mange
Mange comes from Old French mangier ‘to eat’, from Latin manducō ‘to chew, gnaw on, masticate’, and ultimately from mandō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘chew, eat, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcus‘glutton’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmanducōas manducare‘to chew, gnaw on, masticate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mangier‘to eat’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400manjue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manjewe
- Englishearliest quotation 1621mange
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 CEmanducōas manducare‘to chew, gnaw on, masticate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mangier‘to eat’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400manjue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500manjewe
- Englishearliest quotation 1621mange
Earliest quotation: 1621, William Rowley, Thomas Dekker: “Not yet come! [the] worrying of wolves, biting of…”
Linked words
through Latin mandō ‘chew, eat, devour’
commander, mandatory, mandate, commodore, commend, commando, commandant, commandment, mandible, mandibular, commandeer, 12 more
Today it means
noun A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mandō / mange