Rhotacized form of Proto-Italic *mezgō, from Proto-Indo-European *mésgeti, Proto-Indo-European *mesg- (“to plunge, dip”). Cognate with Russian промозглый (promozglyj, “dank”), Lithuanian mazgoju (“to wash”), Sanskrit मज्जति (májjati, “dives under”).
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