Where does “monger” come from?

Monger comes from Middle English mongere, from Old English mangere and mangian, from Latin mango, from Ancient Greek μάγγανον, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mang-.

monger (English): A dealer in a specific commodity; A person...

Definitions

  1. A dealer in a specific commodity; A person...

Ancestry of “monger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle EnglishmongereA retailer; a merchant
2Old Englishmāngeretrader, merchant, dealer, monger
3Old Englishmāngianto trade, traffic, do as a monger

Words derived from “monger

Every word from Old English māngian