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Where does “gigography” come from?

gigography (English) comes from English gig, from Middle English gig, from English fise, from English fist, from Middle English fist, from Old English fȳst, from Proto-West Germanic fūsti, from Proto-Germanic funstiz — five.

gigography (English): A comprehensive list of the gigs played by a...

Definitions

  1. A comprehensive list of the gigs played by a...

Ancestry of “gigography”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgigA performing engagement by a musical group; or,...
2Middle Englishgiga frivolous woman
3EnglishfiseAn instance of flatulence
4EnglishfistA hand with the fingers clenched or curled...
5Middle Englishfist—
6Old Englishfȳstfist
7Proto-West Germanicfūstifist
8Proto-Germanicfunstizfist
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpnsti-—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpnksti-—
11Proto-Indo-Europeanpénkʷefive
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