Where does “Dengoid” come from?

Dengoid (English) comes from English dengue, from Spanish dengue, from Swahili dinga — sudden attack, seizure.

Dengoid (English): A Dengist, someone who follows the ideologies held by Deng Xiaoping or simply a supporter of the present day Communist Party of China

Definitions

  1. A Dengist, someone who follows the ideologies held by Deng Xiaoping or simply a supporter of the present day Communist Party of China

Ancestry of “Dengoid”, step by step

Dengoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English dengue

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdengueAn acute febrile disease of the tropics caused by...
2Spanishdenguedengue; playacting
3Swahilidingasudden attack, seizure

via Proto-Balto-Slavic deng-

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Balto-Slavicdeng-—
2Proto-Indo-Europeandʰengʰ-to cover; to overcast
Every word from Swahili dinga →Every word from Spanish dengue →Every word from English dengue →