English
heightmog
Heightmog comes from Italian gruppo ‘group, cluster, party, team, covey’, and goes back to Proto-Germanic *kruppaz ‘a body’.
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kruppaz‘a body’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*kruppreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*cruppus‘group, bunch’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentgruppo‘group, cluster, party, team, covey’
- English1500–presentgroup
- Englishearliest quotation 2019heightmog
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*kruppaz‘a body’reconstructed
- Frankishc. 250–700*kruppreconstructed
- Vulgar Latinc. 100–700 CE*cruppus‘group, bunch’reconstructed
- Italianc. 1300–presentgruppo‘group, cluster, party, team, covey’
- English1500–presentgroup
- Englishearliest quotation 2019heightmog
Earliest quotation: 2019, @DreamerLeaks, Twitter: “Bald gymcel heightmogged by anime boy”.
A compound of height + -mog
Proto-Indo-European *kewk- ‘to bend’
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Proto-Germanic *hauhiþō
Proto-West Germanic *hauhiþu
Old English hīehþu ‘highness’
Middle English heighte
English height
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-
through Proto-Germanic *kruppaz ‘a body’
through Italian gruppo ‘group, cluster, party, team, covey’
through English group
Today it means
verb To be significantly taller than someone, making that person feel inferior.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kruppaz / heightmog