English
mog
Mog 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 2018mog
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 2018mog
Earliest quotation: 2018, u/ATrashcanInHumanForm, How can I cope when I'm constantly mogged by gods among men?: “Seriously, whenever I'm on campus, I just get mogged…”
The story
Derived from AMOG (‘alpha male of group’) perhaps influenced by mug (i.e. in mug shot). The word first appeared on fitness forums and imageboards around 2016 and was popularized around 2021.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *grewbʰ-
through Proto-Germanic *kruppaz ‘a body’
through Italian gruppo ‘group, cluster, party, team, covey’
Today it means
verb To manifest effortless dominance through self-evident superior handsomeness, especially with composure and by quiet comparison.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *kruppaz / mog