English
Murderapolis
Blend of murder + Minneapolis, with reference to its crimewave of the 1990s, during which many homicides were recorded.
A blend of murder + Minneapolis
Proto-Indo-European *mer- ‘to die’
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Proto-West Germanic *morþr
Old English morþor ‘secret slaying’
Middle English murthre ‘murder’
Middle English murder
English murder
The story
Blend of murder + Minneapolis, with reference to its crimewave of the 1990s, during which many homicides were recorded.
Today it means
name Derogatory name for Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Murderapolis