monger

English

/ˈmʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/, /ˈmʌŋ.ɡəɹ/

noun

Definitions

(mostly) A dealer in a specific commodity.
(in combination) A person promoting something undesirable.
A small sea vessel.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English mongere inherited from Old English mangere (dealer, merchant, trader), mangian (traffic, trade) derived from Proto-Germanic *mangōną derived from Latin mangō (trader, dealer) derived from Ancient Greek μάγγανον (n-g, the name of various machines, means of enchantment, block, charm, contrivance) derived from Proto-Indo-European *mang- (dress, embellish, trim).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*mang-

Gloss

dress, embellish, trim

Concept

Semantic Field

Clothing and grooming

Ontological Category

Person/Thing

Emoji

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

ale English
alemonger English
ballad English
balladmonger English
barber English
barbermonger English
beer English
beermonger English
book English
bookmonger English
borough English
boroughmonger English
carpet English
carpetmonger English
cheese English
cheesemonger English
cheesemongery English
cock English
cockmonger English
costard English
costermonger English
costermongeress English
costermongerish English
costermongery English
death English
deathmonger English
dictionary English
dictionary-monger English
doom English
doom-monger English
drama English
dramamonger English
fancy English
fancymonger English
fashion English
fashionmonger English
fear English
fearmonger English
fell English
fellmonger English
filth English
filthmonger English
fish English
fishmonger English
fishmongeress English
flesh English
fleshmonger English
food English
foodmonger English
fruit English
fruitmonger English
gospel English
gospelmonger English
gossip English
gossipmonger English
hate English
hatemonger English
hay English
haymonger English
hype English
hypemonger English
iron English
ironmonger English
ironmongeress English
law English
lawmonger English
light English
lightmonger English
loan English
loanmonger English
love English
lovemonger English
meal English
mealmonger English
merit English
meritmonger English
mongery English
murder English
murdermonger English
mutton English
muttonmonger English
news English
newsmonger English
newsmongering English
newsmongery English
noise English
noisemonger English
panic English
panicmonger English
peace English
peacemonger English
pelt English
peltmonger English
phrase English
phrasemonger English
phrasemongery English
place English
placemonger English
poison English
poisonmonger English
power English
powermonger English
pussy English
pussymonger English
quest English
questmonger English
relic English
relicmonger English
rule English
rulemonger English
rumor English
rumormonger English
scandal English
scandalmonger English
scandalmongering English
scandalmongery English
scare English
scaremonger English
scaremongerer English
scaremongery English
sleaze English
sleazemonger English
smut English
smutmonger English
spoils English
spoilsmonger English
star English
starmonger English
state English
statemonger English
trouble English
trouble-monger English
verse English
versemonger English
war English
warmonger English
warmongerer English
warmongerism English
warmongery English
whore English
whoremonger English
whoremongering English
whoremongery English
wine English
winemonger English
woo English
woo-monger English
wood English
woodmonger English
word English
wordmonger English
wordmongering English
wordmongery English
manganellus Latin
manganum Latin
mangō Latin
μάγγανον Ancient Greek
*mang- Proto-Indo-European
*mangōną Proto-Germanic
flæscmangere Old English
gemangian Old English
mangere Old English
mangian Old English
mangung Old English
penningmangere Old English
mongere Middle English
wollemongere Middle English
manga Old Norse
منگنه Ottoman Turkish