Where does “bedaggle” come from?
bedaggle (English) comes from English daggle, from English dag, from Old French dague, from Italian daga, from Vulgar Latin daca, from Latin Dacia, from Ancient Greek Δάοι — Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus.
bedaggle (English): To daggle; to soil by dragging over wet ground
Definitions
- To daggle; to soil by dragging over wet ground
Ancestry of “bedaggle”, step by step
bedaggle traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English daggle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | daggle | To run, go, or trail oneself through water, mud,... |
| 2 | English | dag | A hanging end or shred, in particular a long... |
| 3 | Old French | dague | — |
| 4 | Italian | daga | dagger; A stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | daca | Dacian knife; Dacian |
| 6 | Latin | Dacia | Denmark; Dacia; greater Romania |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Δάοι | Dai, a Scythian tribe mentioned by Herodotus |
via English Be
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Be | As an auxiliary verb |
| 2 | Middle English | be | Alternative form of been; Alternative form of... |
| 3 | Old English | bēo | I become, I will be, I am; bee |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | biumi | first-person singular present active indicative... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *beuną | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰew- | to grow, swell; to swell, wax, grow; to blow; to... |