Where does “Zigzag” come from?

Zigzag (English) comes from French zigzag, from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

Zigzag (English): A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions

Definitions

  1. A line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternating directions

Ancestry of “Zigzag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzigzagzigzag
2GermanZickzackzigzag
3Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
4Russianзигза́гzigzag

Words derived from “Zigzag”

Every word from Russian зигза́г →
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