gauche

Signification (English)

Fréquence

A2
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ɡoʃ/
Étymologie (English)

In summary

From gauchir (“warp, distort”), a conflation of Old French gauchier (“tread”) (from Frankish *walkijan, *walkan, cognate with English walk) + Old French guenchir (“deviate”) (from Frankish *wenkijan (“to sway, falter”)). Gauche replaced the original word for "left", senestre, in the sixteenth century. Compare Walloon gåtche.

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