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Where does “joue” come from?

joue (French) comes from Old French joe, from Vulgar Latin *ga(v)ota.

joue (French): cheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...

Definitions

  1. cheek; inflection of jouer: ## first/third-person...

Ancestry of “joue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchjoecheek
2Vulgar Latin*ga(v)ota—

Words derived from “joue”

  • bajoyer
  • bajoue
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