Where does “chicot” come from?

chicot (French) comes from French chique, from French chiquer — to chew tobacco; to chew gum.

chicot (French): stump, stub

Definitions

  1. stump, stub

Ancestry of “chicot”, step by step

chicot traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French chique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchchiquechewing gum
2Frenchchiquerto chew tobacco; to chew gum

via Bulgarian кикот

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bulgarianкикотgiggle, laughter
2Proto-Slavic*kykotъ—

Words derived from “chicot”

Every word from French chiquer →