Etymology

mong

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Today it means: A mingling, mixture, or crowd. Full definition →

Middle English mong ← Old English ġemong ← Proto-Germanic *mangą
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mong · noun1

  1. Proto-Germanic · derived from*mangą“mix”
  2. Old English · inherited fromġemong
  3. Middle English · inherited frommong
  4. English todaymong

From Middle English mong, monge, mang, from Old English ġemong, ġemang (“a mixture, mingling, throng, crowd, company”) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mangą (“mix”). Compare Proto-West Germanic *mangijan (“to knead, mix”).

mong · noun2

Contraction of mongrel.

mong · noun3

Contraction of mongoloid.

mong · preposition4

Clipping of among.

mong · noun5

  1. Lao · borrowed fromເມືອງ
  2. shn · borrowed fromမိူင်း
  3. tdd · borrowed fromᥛᥫᥒᥰ
  4. Tai Dam · borrowed fromꪹꪣꪉ
  5. khb · borrowed fromᦵᦙᦲᧂ
  6. Northern Thai · borrowed fromᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ
  7. Thai · borrowed fromเมือง
  8. tdd · borrowed fromᥛᥫᥒᥰ
  9. aho · borrowed from𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫
  10. English todaymong

Borrowed from Ahom 𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 (müṅ), Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng), Thai เมือง (mʉʉang), Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ, Lü ᦵᦙᦲᧂ (moeng), Tai Dam ꪹꪣꪉ, Tai Nüa ᥛᥫᥒᥰ (möeng),Shan မိူင်း (móeng), Lao ເມືອງ (mư̄ang) etc.

Mong · proper noun6

  1. Khmer · borrowed fromម៉ុង
  2. Korean · borrowed from몽
  3. Norwegian · borrowed fromMong
  4. English todayMong

Various origins: * Borrowed from Norwegian Mong, a habitational surname from a place in Rogaland. * Borrowed from Korean 몽 (mong), a surname of unclear origin. * Borrowed from Khmer ម៉ុង (mong).

Words from the same roots

aho𑜉𑜢𑜤𑜂𑜫 all →

tddᥛᥫᥒᥰ all →

Thaiเมือง all →

Northern Thaiᨾᩮᩬᩥᨦ all →

khbᦵᦙᦲᧂ all →

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