Where does “tigason” come from?
tigason (Haitian Creole) comes from Haitian Creole gason, from French garçon, from Old French garçon, from Old French gars, from Medieval Latin garcio, from Latin warciō, from Frankish wrakkjō, from Proto-Germanic wrakjô — to work, act.
tigason (Haitian Creole): boy
Definitions
- boy
Ancestry of “tigason”, step by step
tigason traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Haitian Creole gason
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Haitian Creole | gason | son |
| 2 | French | garçon | boy; young man; man; Generic name of a male... |
| 3 | Old French | garçon | manservant |
| 4 | Old French | gars | nominative singular of garçon; nominative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | garcio | mercenary, servant, boy; mercenary, assassin;... |
| 6 | Latin | warciō | — |
| 7 | Frankish | wrakkjō | servant, boy; mercenary, servant; mercenary;... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wrakjô | an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wreǵ- | to work, act |