Where does “cafouiller” come from?
cafouiller (French) comes from French fouiller, from Latin fodiculare, from Latin fodicare, from Latin fodere, from Latin fodio, from Proto-Indo-European bʰod- — to pierce, dig.
cafouiller (French): to play up, be in a mess, fall apart
Definitions
- to play up, be in a mess, fall apart
Ancestry of “cafouiller”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | fouiller | to search; to search, frisk; to go into,... |
| 2 | Latin | fodiculare | — |
| 3 | Latin | fodicare | present active infinitive of fodicō;... |
| 4 | Latin | fodere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | fodio | to dig, dig up, dig out; to bury; to dig or clear out the earth from a place; to mine, quarry |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰod- | to pierce, dig |