Where does “جغل” come from?
جغل (North Levantine Arabic) comes from English gigolo, from French gigolo, from French gigolette, from French giguer, from French gigue, from Old French gige, from Frankish gīge, from Proto-Germanic gīganą.
جغل (North Levantine Arabic): a good-looking man, a womaniser, stud, hot-stuff
Definitions
- a good-looking man, a womaniser, stud, hot-stuff
Ancestry of “جغل”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gigolo | A man who has a sexual relationship with a woman... |
| 2 | French | gigolo | gigolo |
| 3 | French | gigolette | shoulder of rabbit or thigh of poultry; young... |
| 4 | French | giguer | to dance the jig; to dance, gambol, prance,... |
| 5 | French | gigue | string instrument, roughly in the form of a... |
| 6 | Old French | gige | — |
| 7 | Frankish | gīge | dance, fiddle |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gīganą | to move, wish, desire |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰeyǵʰ- | — |