English

Proper noun

Morgan

1. A male or female given name
2. A patronymic Welsh surname​.
3. Any of many place names.

Translations

Noun

Morgan ‎(plural Morgans)

1. A horse of a compact breed originating in Vermont.

Related terms

• Morgan le Fay

Swedish

Proper noun

Morgan

1. A male given name borrowed from English.

English

Noun

morgan ‎(plural morgans)

1. (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.

Derived terms

• centimorgan

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Old Saxon morgan, Old English morġen, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(maurgins).

Noun

morgan m

1. morn

Descendants

• Middle High German: morgen
  • German: Morgen
• Yiddish: מאָרגן ‎(morgn)

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *mr̥Hko ‎(“to blink, twinkle”). Compare Old English morġen, Old High German morgan, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic 𐌼𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌲𐌹𐌽𐍃 ‎(maurgins).

Noun

morgan m

1. morning

Descendants

• Low German: Morgen