Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗A heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere, usually in a crowded or poorly ventilated area. · A state of chaos or confusion; a daze.
To create a fug (“heavy, musty, stuffy, or unpleasant atmosphere”; etymology 1, noun sense 1) in (a place). · To surround (someone or something) with a fug (etymology 1, noun sense 1). · To put (someone or something) into a fug (“daze”; etymology 1, noun sense 2); to confuse, to daze. · To create a fug (etymology 1, noun sense 1).
The origin of the noun is unknown; originally dialectal and school slang, it is possibly derived from or related to one of the following: * Fog (“thick cloud that forms near the ground”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Germanic *feukaną (“to blow; to be blown away”) and from Proto-Indo-European *pew-, *pewg-, *pow- (“to billow; to blow; to drift”). * Fogo (“(UK, slang) stench”), a variant of hogo (“strong, unpleasant smell”), from haut gout, haut-goût (“(archaic) slight taint of decay, particularly in wild game meat, that used to be considered desirable; (obsolete) piquant or strong flavour”), from French hautgoût, from haut (“high”) + goût (“taste”). * A back-formation from fuggy. * A blend of funk (“foul or unpleasant smell”) + fog. The verb is derived from the noun.
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- Root classification mention*h₂el-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*kewk-ine-pro
- Root classification mention*ǵews-ine-pro
- Inherited-form mention*feukanągem-pro · to blow; to be blown away
- Inherited-form mention*pew-ine-pro
- Derivation mentionhautgoûtfr
- Blend componentfunken · foul or unpleasant smell
- Blend componentfogen
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