Where does “amocher” come from?
amocher (French) comes from French moche, from French moque, from French moquer, from Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken, from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.
amocher (French): to mess up
Ancestry of “amocher”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | moche | ugly |
| 2 | French | moque | first-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | French | moquer | to mock; to make fun of someone; to be... |
| 4 | Middle French | mocquer | to mock; to make fun of |
| 5 | Old French | moquer | to mock; to make fun of |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | mocken | to mumble |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | mukkijaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mūg- | — |