mockery

The story

1. Medieval Greek · derived fromμωκός“mocker”
2. Middle French · derived frommocquerie
3. Anglo-Norman · derived frommokerie
4. Middle English · inherited frommokkery
5. English todaymockery

From Middle English mokkery, from Anglo-Norman mokerie, mokery and Middle French mocquerie, moquerie, from moquer, moker (“to mock”) + -erie (“-ery”), perhaps from Medieval Greek μωκός (mōkós, “mocker”), perhaps from Arabic مَكْر (makr, “scheme, plot”). Equivalent to mock + -ery.