Etymology

muckender

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Middle English mokadour ← Old Occitan mocador
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The story

  1. Old Occitan · derived frommocador
  2. Middle English · inherited frommokadour
  3. English todaymuckender

Inherited from Middle English mokadour, from Old Occitan mocador. For the development of excrescent /n/, compare harbinger, passenger.

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