Where does “sourdingue” come from?

sourdingue (French) comes from French sourd, from Middle French sourd, from Old French sourt, from Latin surdus, from Proto-Indo-European swēr- — heavy.

sourdingue (French): completely deaf

Definitions

  1. completely deaf

Ancestry of “sourdingue”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsourddeaf; muffled; unvoiced, voiceless
2Middle Frenchsourddeaf person; deaf
3Old Frenchsourt—
4Latinsurdusdeaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanswēr-heavy
Every word from Proto-Indo-European swēr- →Every word from Latin surdus →Every word from Old French sourt →