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Where does “badauderie” come from?

badauderie (French) comes from French badaud, from Old Occitan badau, from Old Occitan badar, from Italian badare, from Swedish båda, from Old Norse boða, from Proto-Germanic budōną, from Proto-Germanic budą — to be awake, be aware.

badauderie (French): onlooking; rubbernecking

Definitions

  1. onlooking; rubbernecking

Ancestry of “badauderie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchbadaudonlooker, bystander, rubbernecker
2Old Occitanbadau—
3Old Occitanbadar—
4Italianbadareto look after or mind; to take care of; to pay...
5Swedishbådaboth; either, each of two; to bode
6Old Norseboða—
7Proto-Germanicbudōnąto proclaim, announce, lere, instruct
8Proto-Germanicbudąoffer; message
9Proto-Germanicbeudanąto offer, to bid
10Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰewdʰ-to be awake, be aware
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