Where does “muggy” come from?
Muggy comes from Old Norse mugga, a word of uncertain origin and meaning.
muggy (English): humid, or hot and humid; wet or mouldy
Definitions
- humid, or hot and humid; wet or mouldy
Ancestry of “muggy”, step by step
| 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 |