Where does “whig” come from?

whig (French) comes from English Whig, from English Whiggamore — A Whig.

whig (French): Whig

Definitions

  1. Whig

Ancestry of “whig”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishWhiga member of an 18th- and 19th-century political...
2EnglishWhiggamoreA Whig
Every word from English Whiggamore →Every word from English Whig →