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8 letters · 11 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun agile grizzled Old World viverrine; preys on snakes and rodents
originFirst attested in the 1690s. Borrowed from Portuguese manguço, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs), from Old Marathi 𑘦𑘳𑘽𑘐𑘳𑘭 (muṃgusa). Ultimately a Dravidian borrowing (compare Telugu ముంగిస (muṅgisa)), from Proto-Dravidian *mūnkūc- (“mongoose”). Spelling altered by folk-etymological association with goose. Displaced native Old English nǣderbita (literally “snake biter”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- mongoes 10
- mongoos 10
- genoms 9
- gnomes 9
- mongoe 9
- mongos 9
- emong 8
- genom 8
- gnome 8
- mengs 8
- mongo 8
- meson 7