Where does “gaucho” come from?
gaucho (French) comes from French gauche, from French gauchir, from Middle French gauchir, from Old French gaucher, from Frankish walkan, from Proto-Germanic walkaną, from Proto-Indo-European wolg-, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
gaucho (French): gaucho; leftist
Ancestry of “gaucho”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | gauche | left; awkward, gawky; clumsy |
| 2 | French | gauchir | to dodge; to speak or act deceptively; to warp,... |
| 3 | Middle French | gauchir | to veer, turn |
| 4 | Old French | gaucher | to trample, walk clumsily |
| 5 | Frankish | walkan | to full, trample; to roll; to waulk, to full |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walkaną | to turn, wind, roll, toss; to wend, walk, wander;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wolg- | to twist; turn; move; to turn, twist; to move |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |