Etymograph

English

Microsuck

Blend of Microsoft + suck, suggesting inferiority.

A blend of Microsoft + suck

Proto-Indo-European *sewg-

Proto-Germanic *sūkaną ‘to suck’

Proto-West Germanic *sūkan ‘to suck’

Old English sūcan ‘to suck’

Middle English souken ‘to breastfeed’

English suck

Today it means

name Microsoft.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Microsuck