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Where does “chicane” come from?

chicane (French) comes from French chicaner, from Middle French chicaner, from Middle Low German schicken, from Old Saxon *skikkian, from Proto-Germanic *skikkijan.

chicane (French): Chicane , double road bend; Bickering, quibbling,...

Definitions

  1. Chicane , double road bend; Bickering, quibbling,...

Ancestry of “chicane”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchicanerto get into an argument; to quibble, squabble
2Middle Frenchchicaner—
3Middle Low Germanschicken—
4Old Saxon*skikkian—
5Proto-Germanic*skikkijan—

Words derived from “chicane”

  • Chicana
  • chicane
  • chicana
  • chicanear
  • schikanös
  • Schikane
  • šikana
  • шикана
  • chikane
  • šikana
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