Where does “flingot” come from?
flingot (French) comes from French flingue, from French flinguer, from French -er, from Middle French -er, from Old French -ier — suffix used to form infinitives of first...
flingot (French): gun
Definitions
- gun
Ancestry of “flingot”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | flingue | shooter, pistol, gat; first-person singular... |
| 2 | French | flinguer | to gun, to gun down; to commit suicide with a gun |
| 3 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 4 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 5 | Old French | -ier | suffix used to form infinitives of first... |