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Where does “zappa” come from?

zappa (French) comes from French zapper, from English zap — A sound made by a sudden release of electricity...

zappa (French): third-person singular past historic of zapper

Definitions

  1. third-person singular past historic of zapper

Ancestry of “zappa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchzapperto channel-hop, channel surf; to dither, change...
2EnglishzapA sound made by a sudden release of electricity...
Every word from English zap →