Where does “frappadingue” come from?
frappadingue (French) comes from French dingue, 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 — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
frappadingue (French): mad, crazy; a madman or madwoman, a lunatic
Definitions
- mad, crazy; a madman or madwoman, a lunatic
Ancestry of “frappadingue”, step by step
frappadingue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French dingue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dingue | mad, crazy, nuts |
| 2 | French | divaguer | to ramble, wander; to wind; to wander, roam,... |
| 3 | Latin | divagor | I wander, wander about |
| 4 | Latin | vagor | I ramble, wander, stroll about, roam, rove; I... |
| 5 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |
via French frappé
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | frappé | beaten, hit; past participle of frapper; downbeat |
| 2 | Old French | fraper | to hit; to strike |
| 3 | Frankish | hrapōn | to jerk; snatch; to snatch, scuffle; to snatch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | hrapōną | to scratch, scrape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb(h)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |