fog
English
/fɒɡ/, /fɑɡ/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A thick cloud that forms near the ground; the obscurity of such a cloud.
- (uncountable) A mist or film clouding a surface.
- A state of mind characterized by lethargy and confusion.
- (photography) A silver deposit or other blur on a negative or developed photographic image.
- (computer graphics) distance Distance fog.
Etymology
Borrowed from Danish fog (storm, spray, drift, shower) derived from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (whisk, blow) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pug- (billow, bulge, drift).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pug-
Gloss
billow, bulge, drift
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antifog English
- bank English
- befog English
- bound English
- chemo English
- chemofog English
- defog English
- defogger English
- fall English
- fibrofog English
- fog line English
- fogbank English
- fogbound English
- fogdom English
- fogey English
- fogeydom English
- fogeyhood English
- fogeyish English
- fogeyism English
- fogfall English
- fogfruit English
- foggable English
- foggage English
- fogger English
- foggily English
- fogginess English
- foggy English
- foghorn English
- foglamp English
- fogless English
- foglessness English
- foglike English
- fogman English
- fogscape English
- fruit English
- fug English
- fugged English
- fuggy English
- horn English
- lamp English
- line English
- man English
- prefog English
- unfog English
- unfoggy English
- fauchen German
- *pug- Proto-Indo-European
- *feukaną Proto-Germanic
- fjúka Old Norse
- fog Danish
- fjúka Icelandic
- pfūchen Middle High German
- foggie Scots
- fug
- man
- fall
- lamp
- bank
- horn
- line
- befog
- foggy
- defog
- bound
- fruit
- unfog
- chemo
- fogey
- fuggy
- fogger
- fogman
- fogdom
- prefog
- fugged
- fogless
- antifog
- unfoggy
- foggage
- foglike
- fogbank
- foghorn
- foglamp
- fogfall
- foggily
- fogeydom
- fogeyish
- chemofog
- defogger
- fogeyism
- fogfruit
- foggable
- fibrofog
- fog line
- fogscape
- fogbound
- fogginess
- fogeyhood
- foglessness