maggot
English
/ˈmæɡət/
noun
Definitions
- A soft, legless larva of a fly or other dipterous insect, that often eats decomposing organic matter.
- (derogatory) A worthless person.
- (now) A whimsy or fancy.
- (slang) A fan of the American metal band .
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English magot derived from Proto-Germanic *maþô (worm, maggot) suffix from English made (maggot).
Origin
English
made
Gloss
maggot
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- act English
- act the maggot English
- antimaggot English
- countrymade English
- fanmade English
- fullmade English
- handmade English
- homemade English
- housemade English
- humanmade English
- maddock English
- made English
- madest English
- maggoted English
- maggotiness English
- maggotish English
- maggotless English
- maggotlike English
- maggotorium English
- maggotry English
- maggoty English
- man-made English
- newmade English
- premade English
- self-made English
- tailormade English
- the English
- unmade English
- ymade English
- Made German
- Madenhacker German
- Madenkäse German
- Madenschraube German
- Madenwurm German
- aarsmade Dutch, Flemish
- houtmade Dutch, Flemish
- made Dutch, Flemish
- *mat- Proto-Indo-European
- *math- Proto-Indo-European
- *mot- Proto-Indo-European
- *maþô Proto-Germanic
- daggmask Swedish
- mask Swedish
- maskera Swedish
- maskmedel Swedish
- maskpalmmård Swedish
- maskros Swedish
- masktörnskata Swedish
- maskäten Swedish
- maþa Old English
- maþu Old English
- maddok Middle English
- magot Middle English
- mathe Middle English
- maðkr Old Norse
- made Middle Dutch
- mado Old High German
- 𐌼𐌰𐌸𐌰 Gothic
- *matho Old Dutch
- maþker Old Swedish
- mathe Scots