Etymology

mange

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Today it means: A skin disease of nonhuman mammals caused by parasitic mites (Sarcoptes spp., Demodecidae spp.). Full definition →

Middle English manjewe ← Old French manjue ← Latin manducare
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  1. Latin · derived frommanducare
  2. Old French · derived frommanjue
  3. Middle English · inherited frommanjewe
  4. English todaymange

From Middle English manjewe, manjeue, from Old French manjue, derived from mangier (“to eat”) (modern French manger (“to eat”)), from Latin manducare.

Words from the same roots

Latinmanducare all →

mangarie

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