Where does “dago” come from?

dago (English) comes from English Diego, from Spanish Diego, from Latin Didacus.

dago (English): A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or...

Definitions

  1. A person of Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, or...

Ancestry of “dago”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishDiegoAlternative letter-case form of diego
2SpanishDiego—
3LatinDidacus—
Every word from Latin Didacus →Every word from Spanish Diego →Every word from English Diego →
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