Where does “zigzag” come from?

zigzag (French) comes from German Zickzack, from Italian zigzagare, from Russian зигза́г — zigzag.

zigzag (French): zigzag

Definitions

  1. zigzag

Ancestry of “zigzag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanZickzackzigzag
2Italianzigzagareintransitive; to zigzag; to walk in a zigzag...
3Russianзигза́гzigzag

Words derived from “zigzag”

Every word from Russian зигза́г →