Where does “merdailler” come from?

merdailler (French) comes from French merder, from French merde, from Middle French merde, from Old French merde, from Latin merda, from Proto-Italic (s)merdā, from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- — stench.

merdailler (French): to do nothing, to waste time

Definitions

  1. to do nothing, to waste time

Ancestry of “merdailler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchmerderto fuck up, to screw up
2Frenchmerdeshit!, crap!; break a leg!; turd, piece of feces,...
3Middle Frenchmerdeshit
4Old Frenchmerdeshit
5Latinmerdadung, excrement, shit
6Proto-Italic(s)merdā—
7Proto-Indo-Europeansmerd-h₂-stench
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smerd-h₂- →
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