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 (obstruction designed to reduce speed), double road bend
Definitions
- Chicane (obstruction designed to reduce speed), double road bend
Ancestry of “chicane”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | chicaner | to get into an argument; to quibble, squabble |
| 2 | Middle French | chicaner | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schicken | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *skikkian | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skikkijan | — |