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Where does “bajoue” come from?

bajoue (French) comes from French joue, from Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

bajoue (French): jowl; chubby cheek

Definitions

  1. jowl; chubby cheek

Ancestry of “bajoue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchjouecheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...
2Old Frenchjoecheek
3Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—

Words derived from “bajoue”

  • bajoyer
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