mégot
French
Etymology
Probably from regional mégauder (“to suckle”), from mégaud, from mègue (“whey”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Vulgar Latin *mesga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Gaulish (compare Old Irish medc (“whey”), Welsh maidd (“whey”), Cornish meith (“whey”)), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Celtic *mezgos (“whey”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *mesgos (“marrow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mégot m (plural mégots)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “mégot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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- French terms derived from Vulgar Latin
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- French terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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