Where does “doodle” come from?

doodle (Spanish) comes from English doodle, from German dudel — a bagpipe.

doodle (Spanish): doodle

Definitions

  1. doodle

Ancestry of “doodle”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdoodleA fool, a simpleton, a mindless person; A small...
2Germandudela bagpipe
Every word from German dudel