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Where does “voetganger” come from?

voetganger (English) comes from Afrikaans voetganger, from Dutch voetganger, from Middle Dutch voetganger.

voetganger (English): The crawling form of a locust, not yet able to...

Definitions

  1. The crawling form of a locust, not yet able to...

Ancestry of “voetganger”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Afrikaansvoetgangerpedestrian; juvenile locust without the ability...
2Dutchvoetgangerpedestrian
3Middle Dutchvoetganger—
Every word from Middle Dutch voetganger →