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Where does “zigzaguejar” come from?

zigzaguejar (Catalan) comes from Catalan zig-zag, from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г.

zigzaguejar (Catalan): to zigzag

Definitions

  1. to zigzag

Ancestry of “zigzaguejar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanzig-zag—
2Frenchzigzagzigzag
3GermanZickzackzigzag
4Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
5Russianзигза́г—
Every word from Russian зигза́г →