Where does “mogger” come from?
mogger (English) comes from English mog, from English Maggie, from English magpie, from English PIE, from Middle English pie, from Old French pié, from Latin pēs, from Ancient Greek μέτρον — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
mogger (English): One who mogs
Definitions
- One who mogs
Ancestry of “mogger”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mog | Synonym of moggy: a domestic cat, especially a... |
| 2 | English | Maggie | Margaret Thatcher, former British prime minister |
| 3 | English | magpie | One of several kinds of bird in the family... |
| 4 | English | PIE | A type of pastry that consists of an outer crust and a filling. (Savory pies are more popular in the UK and sweet pies are more popular in the US, so "pie" without qualification has different connotations in these dialects.) |
| 5 | Middle English | pie | Alternative form of pye |
| 6 | Old French | pié | foot |
| 7 | Latin | pēs | a foot, in its senses as |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μέτρον | something used to measure: measure, rule, weight;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -τρον | Forms instrument nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tron | Forms instrument nouns from verb stems |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |