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Where does “peggee” come from?

peggee (English) comes from English PEG, from Middle English pegge, from Middle Dutch pegge, from Old Saxon pigg-, from Proto-Germanic pig-, from Proto-Indo-European baḱ- — club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg.

peggee (English): A sexual participant who is "pegged", or...

Definitions

  1. A sexual participant who is "pegged", or...

Ancestry of “peggee”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishPEGAcronym of polyethylene glycol; Percutaneous...
2Middle Englishpeggepeg
3Middle Dutchpeggepin, peg
4Old Saxonpigg-—
5Proto-Germanicpig-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbaḱ-club, pointed stick, peg; pointed stick, peg
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