Etymology

-mog

Today it means: Forms verbs denoting a situation where someone dominates someone else in the specified characteristic, making that person feel unattractive and inferior. Full definition →

English mog ← Italian gruppo ← French groupe
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  1. Proto-Semitic*ʔalp-
  2. Phoenician𐤀𐤋𐤐 (ʾlp)
  3. Ancient Greekἄλφα (álpha)
  4. Englishalpha
  5. Latinmās
  6. Latinmasculus
  7. Vulgar Latinmasclus
  8. Old Frenchmasle
  9. Middle Englishmale
  10. Englishmale
  11. Englishalpha male
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  14. Proto-Germanic*ab
  15. Proto-West Germanic*ab
  16. Old Englishæf
  17. Old Englishof
  18. Middle Englishof
  19. Englishof
  20. Proto-Indo-European*grewbʰ-
  21. Proto-Germanic*kruppaz
  22. Frankish*krupp
  23. Vulgar Latin*cruppus
  24. Italiangruppo
  25. Frenchgroupe
  26. Italiangruppo
  27. Englishgroup
  28. EnglishAMOG
  29. Englishmog
  30. English today-mog

From mog (“to be significantly more attractive than, to dominate in appearance”).

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