Etymology

mig

M3I1G2

Today it means: A milligram Full definition →

Russian МиГ ← Armenian Միկոյան
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mig · noun1

Probably from a pronunciation of mg.

MiG · noun2

  1. Armenian · derived fromՄիկոյան
  2. Russian · borrowed fromМиГ
  3. English todayMiG

From Russian МиГ (MiG), from Микоя́н (Mikoján) (from Armenian Միկոյան (Mikoyan)) + Гуре́вич (Gurévič), the names of the original designers: Artem Mikoyan and Mikhail Gurevich.

Words from the same roots

ArmenianՄիկոյան all →

Mikoyan

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