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Where does “plouc” come from?

plouc (French) comes from Breton plouk, from Breton ploue.

plouc (French): hick, country bumpkin, yokel, redneck

Definitions

  1. hick, country bumpkin, yokel, redneck

Ancestry of “plouc”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Bretonplouk—
2Bretonploue—
Every word from Breton ploue →