English
high muckamuck
High muckamuck comes from Chinook Jargon hiyu ‘plenty of food’.
- Chinook Jargonmodernhiyu‘plenty of food’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993high muckamuck
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Chinook Jargonmodernhiyu‘plenty of food’
- Englishearliest quotation 1993high muckamuck
Earliest quotation: 1993, TC Boyle, The Road to Wellville: “He would become well when he reformed his eating…”
Every English word from Chinook Jargon hiyu
Today it means
noun A person in a position of power, authority, or status.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Chinook Jargon hiyu / high muckamuck