Where does “mugger” come from?
mugger (English) comes from English mug, from English motherfucker, from English fucker, from English -er, from Middle English -er, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
mugger (English): A street robber; A person who makes exaggerated...
Definitions
- A street robber; A person who makes exaggerated...
Ancestry of “mugger”, step by step
mugger traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English mug
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | mug | Easily fooled, gullible; A large cup for hot... |
| 2 | English | motherfucker | An extremely contemptible or mean person; Any... |
| 3 | English | fucker | An undesirable person; The object of some effort;... |
| 4 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 5 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |