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Where does “mogul” come from?

Mogul comes from German Mugel, from Persian مغول, from Proto-Germanic mūgô, from Proto-Indo-European muk-.

mogul (English): A rich or powerful person; a magnate; A hump or...

Definitions

  1. A rich or powerful person; a magnate; A hump or...

Ancestry of “mogul”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianمغولMongol
2MongolianᠮᠣᠩᠭᠣᠯMongol, Mongolian
3Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “mogul”

  • moguldom
  • moguled
  • mogully
  • mogul
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