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Where does “mushily” come from?

mushily (English) comes from English mushy, from English MUSH, from English mushroom, from Middle English muscheron, from Anglo-Norman musherum, from Old French moisseron, from Old French mosse, from Frankish mosa — fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...

mushily (English): In a mushy manner

Definitions

  1. In a mushy manner

Ancestry of “mushily”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmushyResembling or having the consistency of mush;...
2EnglishMUSHA form of multi-user dungeon, often used for...
3EnglishmushroomAny of the fleshy fruiting bodies of fungi...
4Middle Englishmuscheron—
5Anglo-Normanmusherum—
6Old Frenchmoisseron—
7Old Frenchmossemoss
8Frankishmosamoss
9Proto-Germanicmusąmoss, bog
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmūs-fly, stinging fly, gnat; moist, damp; swamp,...
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