Mango etymology

English

English word mango comes from Proto-Indo-European *mar-, Proto-Indo-European *méh₂r̥, Proto-Indo-European *meh₂-, Proto-Italic *-kaps (-catcher (as a noun), -catching (as an adjective).), Proto-Indo-European *mony-, Tamil மாங்காய் (Gizzard (birds). Kidney (quadrupeds). Unripe mango fruit.), Tamil காய், Tamil மா

Etymology of mango

Detailed word origin of mango

Dictionary entry Language Definition
*mar- Proto-Indo-European (ine) hand
*méh₂r̥ Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*meh₂- Proto-Indo-European (ine)
*-kaps Proto-Italic (itc-pro) -catcher (as a noun), -catching (as an adjective).
*mony- Proto-Indo-European (ine) withers, crest, mane
மாங்காய் Tamil (tam) Gizzard (birds). Kidney (quadrupeds). Unripe mango fruit.
காய் Tamil (tam)
மா Tamil (tam)
mangga Malay (macrolanguage) (msa) Mango (fruit).
*manus Proto-Italic (itc-pro) Hand.
manus Latin (lat) (Old Latin) good (figuratively) bravery, valor. (figuratively) violence, fighting. (legal) an arrest. (legal) legal power of a man over his wife. (military, nautical) grappling hooks used to snare enemy vessels. A side, part, faction. A stake (in dice). A thrust with a sword. Branch of a tree. Group of people. Group, company, host, multitude of people, especially of soldiers. Hand. [...]
manica Latin (lat) (in the plural) manacles, handcuffs. (in the plural, figuratively, nautical) a grappling-iron, used to hook enemy ships. Long sleeve of a tunic.
manga Portuguese (pt) Sleeve Mango (fruit). Mango (tree).
mango English (en) (uncommon) To stuff and pickle (a fruit). (US, chiefly, southern, _, Midwest US, dated) A green bell pepper suitable for pickling.. A pickled vegetable or fruit with a spicy stuffing; a vegetable or fruit which has been mangoed.. A tropical Asian fruit tree, Mangifera indica.. A type of muskmelon, Cucumis melo.. A yellow-orange color, like that of mango flesh.. Any of various hummingbirds of [...]

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