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
Ancestry of “sourdingue”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | sourd | deaf; muffled; unvoiced, voiceless |
| 2 | Middle French | sourd | deaf person; deaf |
| 3 | Old French | sourt | — |
| 4 | Latin | surdus | deaf; inattentive, unresponsive; silent,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | swēr- | heavy |