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Where does “argot” come from?

argot (Catalan) comes from French argot — slang; cant.

argot (Catalan): slang, argot; jargon

Definitions

  1. slang, argot; jargon

Ancestry of “argot”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchargotslang; cant
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