Where does “guinguette” come from?
guinguette (English) comes from French guinguette, from French guinguet, from French ginguer, from French giguer, from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą.
guinguette (English): A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the...
Definitions
- A sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the...
Ancestry of “guinguette”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | guinguette | guinguette sort of outdoor tavern that once existed in the suburbs of Paris |
| 2 | French | guinguet | A rough wine produced near Paris |
| 3 | French | ginguer | — |
| 4 | French | giguer | to dance the jig; to dance, gambol, prance,... |
| 5 | French | gigue | string instrument, roughly in the form of a... |
| 6 | Old French | gige | — |
| 7 | Frankish | gīge | dance, fiddle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gīganą | to move, wish, desire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeyǵʰ- | — |