Where does “-dingue” come from?
-dingue (French) comes from French dingue, from French divaguer, from Latin divagor, from Latin vagor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
-dingue (French): suffix used to form augmentatives
Definitions
- suffix used to form augmentatives
Ancestry of “-dingue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | dingue | mad, crazy, nuts |
| 2 | French | divaguer | to ramble, wander; to wind; to wander, roam,... |
| 3 | Latin | divagor | I wander, wander about |
| 4 | Latin | vagor | I ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; I... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
Words derived from “-dingue”