Where does “dingue” come from?
dingue (French) comes from French divaguer, from Latin divagor, from Latin vagor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
dingue (French): mad, crazy, nuts
Definitions
- mad, crazy, nuts
Ancestry of “dingue”, step by step
dingue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French divaguer
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | divaguer | to ramble, wander; to wind; to wander, roam,... |
| 2 | Latin | divagor | I wander, wander about |
| 3 | Latin | vagor | I ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; I... |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |