Etymology

degringolade

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Today it means: A rapid decline or deterioration; a tumble. Full definition →

French dégringolade ← Middle French desgringueler ← Old French gringoller
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Middle Frenchdes-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*grenǵʰ-
  9. Proto-Germanic*kringaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*kringaz
  11. Old Dutch*kring
  12. Middle Dutchkring
  13. Middle Dutchcrinkelen
  14. Old Frenchgringoller
  15. Middle Frenchgringueler
  16. Middle Frenchdesgringueler
  17. Frenchdégringoler
  18. Frenchdégringolade
  19. English todaydegringolade

Borrowed from French dégringolade.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.