Etymology

murky

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Today it means: Hard to see through, as a fog or mist. Full definition →

Middle English mirky
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  1. Middle English · inherited frommirky
  2. English todaymurky

From Middle English mirky. Related to Old Norse myrkr, Russian мрак (mrak) and its Slavic cognates. By surface analysis, murk + -y.

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