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Where does “jawbreakingly” come from?

jawbreakingly (English) comes from English jawbreaking, from English Jaw, from Middle English jowe, from Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

jawbreakingly (English): In a way that is very difficult to say or...

Definitions

  1. In a way that is very difficult to say or...

Ancestry of “jawbreakingly”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishjawbreakingVery difficult to pronounce
2EnglishJaw—
3Middle Englishjowe—
4Old Frenchjoecheek
5Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—
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