Where does “mops” come from?
Mops comes from English mop plus the Dutch plural suffix -s, itself from Middle Dutch -s, ultimately deriving from Proto-Indo-European -es and -iskos.
mops (English): Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Definitions
- Third-person singular simple present indicative...
Ancestry of “mops”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | mops | singular imperative of mopsen; first-person... |
| 2 | Dutch | mops | pug, small dog with a snub snout |
| 3 | Dutch | mop | a joke, jest; a brick; a mop |
| 4 | English | MOP | GBU-57; Acronym of Massive Ordnance Penetrator |
| 5 | Middle English | mappe | — |
| 6 | Walloon | mappe | napkin |
| 7 | Latin | mappa | napkin; starting signal; map |