mongrel

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[edit] Etymology

Late 15th century, from obsolete mong (mixture) +‎ -rel ((pejorative)); from Old English gemong (mingling) (whence Modern English among), from Proto-Germanic *mang- (mix).[1]

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mongrel (plural mongrels)

  1. Someone of mixed kind or uncertain origin, especially a dog.
    That dog is a mongrel, who knows what breed it could be!

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  1. ^mongrel” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001
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