Where does “muddy” come from?
Muddy comes from English mud, from Middle Dutch modde, traced to Proto-Indo-European mū- meaning to be wet or swampy, with adjectival suffixes added through intermediate language stages.
muddy (English): Covered with or full of mud or wet soil; With mud...
Definitions
- Covered with or full of mud or wet soil; With mud...
Ancestry of “muddy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mud crab | Any of various crabs, principally in families Panopeidae and Xanthidae, that live in or near mud |