Etymology

shaggytuft

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Today it means: A rug made of cotton shag. Full definition →

English tuft ← Middle English *schagge ← Old English sċeacga
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The story

  1. Old Englishsċeacga
  2. Middle English*schagge
  3. Englishshag
  4. Englishshaggy
  5. Englishtuft
  6. English todayshaggytuft

From shaggy + tuft.

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