mock
English
/mɒk/, /mɑk/
noun
Definitions
- An imitation, usually of lesser quality.
- Mockery, the act of mocking.
- A practice exam set by an educating institution to prepare students for an important exam.
- (software engineering) A mockup or prototype.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English mokken derived from Old French mocquer derived from Middle Dutch mocken (mumble) derived from Old Saxon *mokkian derived from Proto-Germanic *mukkijaną derived from Proto-Indo-European *mūg-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*mūg-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bemock English
- fish English
- heroic English
- mock fish English
- mockable English
- mockably English
- mockage English
- mocker English
- mockery English
- mockest English
- mocketh English
- mockful English
- mockheroic English
- mockish English
- mocksome English
- mockworthy English
- unmockable English
- mokaaminen Finnish
- mokailla Finnish
- mokata Finnish
- mokaus Finnish
- *mūg- Proto-Indo-European
- *mukkijaną Proto-Germanic
- mokken Middle English
- mocquer Old French
- mocken Middle Dutch
- *mokkian Old Saxon