Where does “chugger” come from?

chugger (English) 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.

chugger (English): A street fundraiser, especially a private...

Definitions

  1. A street fundraiser, especially a private...

Ancestry of “chugger”, step by step

chugger traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English chug

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishchugA dull, fairly quick explosive or percussive...
2EnglishmugEasily fooled, gullible; A large cup for hot...
3EnglishmotherfuckerAn extremely contemptible or mean person; Any...
4EnglishfuckerAn undesirable person; The object of some effort;...
5English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
6Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
7Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
8Latin-ārefirst conjugation
9Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
10Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
13Chichewaiyehe, she

via English mugger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmuggerA street robber; A person who makes exaggerated...
2EnglishERThe statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of...
3Turkisherearly; brave; man, male
4Ottoman Turkishایرsaddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal
5Old Anatolian Turkishایرearly, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event
6Proto-Turkicēdersaddle
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