Where does “mocquerie” come from?

mocquerie (Middle French) comes from Middle French mocquer, from Old French moquer, from Middle Dutch mocken, from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną, from Proto-Indo-European mūg-.

mocquerie (Middle French): mockery; ridicule

Definitions

  1. mockery; ridicule

Ancestry of “mocquerie”, step by step

mocquerie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French mocquer

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchmocquerto mock; to make fun of
2Old Frenchmoquerto mock; to make fun of
3Middle Dutchmockento mumble
4Proto-Germanicmukkijaną—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanmūg-—

via Middle French ie

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle FrenchieI

Words derived from “mocquerie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mūg- →Every word from Proto-Germanic mukkijaną →Every word from Middle Dutch mocken →