English
mangue
Mangue comes from French manger ‘to eat’, from Late Latin manduco ‘chew, devour’, and ultimately from Latin mandō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘chew, eat, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcus‘glutton’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmanducoas manducāre‘chew, devour’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mengier
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600manger‘to eat’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to eat’
- Englishtodaymangue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandō‘chew, eat, devour’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEmandūcus‘glutton’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEmanducoas manducāre‘chew, devour’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400mengier
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600manger‘to eat’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentsame form‘to eat’
- Englishtodaymangue
Linked words
through Latin mandō ‘chew, eat, devour’
commander, mandatory, mandate, commodore, commend, commando, commandant, commandment, mandible, mandibular, commandeer, 10 more
through Late Latin manduco ‘chew, devour’
Today it means
noun The cusimanse, a genus of mongoose, Crossarchus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin mandō / mangue