Where does “mallotig” come from?

mallotig (Dutch) comes from Dutch malloot, from French malot — horsefly, gadfly.

mallotig (Dutch): foolish, silly

Definitions

  1. foolish, silly

Ancestry of “mallotig”, step by step

mallotig traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Dutch malloot

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchmallootfool, idiot, moron; exuberant, hyperactive or...
2Frenchmalothorsefly, gadfly

via Dutch ig

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchig-y
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