Mange
/meɪndʒ/noun
A contagious skin disease of animals, caused by parasitic mites.
Did you know?Mange ultimately comes from a Latin root tied to eating, because the mites literally “eat away” at the skin they infest.
Etymological Timeline
Late 14th Century
Old French
mange
“mange, scab, itch”
Late Latin
Latin
mangia
“a skin disease; scab”
Latin
Latin
manducare
“to chew, munch, eat”
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*mand-
“to chew, bite”