Where does “goujon” come from?

goujon (French) comes from French gouge, from Old French gouge, from Late Latin gubia, from Latin gulbia, from Gaulish gulbiā, from Proto-Celtic gulbā — beak.

goujon (French): gudgeon; dowel, pin

Definitions

  1. gudgeon; dowel, pin

Ancestry of “goujon”, step by step

goujon traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French gouge

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgougegouge; female servant; prostitute
2Old Frenchgougegouge; woman
3Late Latingubiachisel
4Latingulbiapiercer, chisel
5Gaulishgulbiā—
6Proto-Celticgulbābeak

via Old French gojon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgojon—
2Late Latingobionem—
3LatinGobiusgudgeon (Gobio gobio and similar fish)
4Ancient Greekκωβιόςsort of fish of the gudgeon kind

Words derived from “goujon”

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