Where does “chug” come from?
chug (English) comes from English mug, from English motherfucker, from English fucker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
chug (English): A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive...
Definitions
- A dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive...
Ancestry of “chug”, step by step
chug traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English mug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mug | Easily fooled, gullible; A large cup for hot... |
| 2 | English | motherfucker | An extremely contemptible or mean person; Any... |
| 3 | English | fucker | An undesirable person; The object of some effort;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English pug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pug | A small dog of an ancient breed originating in... |
| 2 | Hindi | पग | step; foot, leg |
| 3 | Sanskrit | पद्ग | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | पद् | a foot; step; fourth part, quarter |
| 5 | Indo-Iranian | *pā́ts | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pṓds | foot |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | póds | foot |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ped- | to walk, to step; to stumble, to fall |
via English Charity
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Charity | The 107th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an |
| 2 | Middle English | charite | — |
| 3 | Old French | charité | generosity; sense of charity; charitable... |
| 4 | Latin | cāritās | dearness |
| 5 | Latin | -tās | ty, -dom, -hood, -ness, -ship |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |