Etymology

muggie

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Today it means: The stomach of a fish, used as food. Full definition →

Afrikaans muggie ← Dutch mug ← Middle Dutch mugge
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived frommugge
  2. Dutch · derived frommug
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed frommuggie
  4. English todaymuggie

Borrowed from Afrikaans muggie, diminutive of mug, from Dutch mug, from Middle Dutch mugge.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.