Where does “chug-frouezh” come from?
chug-frouezh (Breton) comes from English chug, from English mug, from English motherfucker, from English fucker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre — he, she.
chug-frouezh (Breton): fruit juice
Definitions
- fruit juice
Ancestry of “chug-frouezh”, step by step
chug-frouezh traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English chug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | chug | A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive... |
| 2 | English | mug | Easily fooled, gullible; A large cup for hot... |
| 3 | English | motherfucker | An extremely contemptible or mean person; Any... |
| 4 | English | fucker | An undesirable person; The object of some effort;... |
| 5 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 6 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 7 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 8 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |