Where does “merdouille” come from?

merdouille (French) comes 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.

merdouille (French): deprecative substitute for something deliberately not mentioned or whose name is not known but easily inferred from the context; thingamajig, thingy

Definitions

  1. deprecative substitute for something deliberately not mentioned or whose name is not known but easily inferred from the context; thingamajig, thingy

Ancestry of “merdouille”, step by step

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