The story
- French · borrowed fromgamin“a street urchin; a young boy”
- English todaygamin
Borrowed from French gamin (“a street urchin; a young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
gamin
ga·minToday it means: A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. Full definition →
French gamin