English

kill-the-beggar

From kill + the + beggar.

A compound of kill + the + beggar

Middle English killen

English kill

Proto-Indo-European *tód

Proto-Germanic *þa

Old English þē ‘the’

Middle English þe

English the

Middle English beggere

Today it means

noun Cheap and poor-quality whiskey.

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

Etymograph / kill-the-beggar