Where does “gag” come from?

gag (Romanian) comes from French gag, from English gag, from Middle English gaggen.

gag (Romanian): joke

Definitions

  1. joke

Ancestry of “gag”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgagjoke
2EnglishgagA device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the...
3Middle Englishgaggen—
Every word from Middle English gaggen →Every word from English gag →Every word from French gag →
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