Where does “Mongo” come from?
Mongo (German) comes from Portuguese mongoloide, from Portuguese -oide, from Ancient Greek -οειδής, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός — to see, to look, to observe.
Mongo (German): an idiot
Definitions
- an idiot
Ancestry of “Mongo”, step by step
Mongo traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese mongoloide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | mongoloide | mongoloid; mongoloid; retard; idiot; having... |
| 2 | Portuguese | -oide | -oid |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -οειδής | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 5 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 6 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via German Mongoloider
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mongoloider | — |