Etymology

joget

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Today it means: a Malay popular dance, in which a couple improvises to the accompanying music. Also attributive, and transferred, the place where such dancing occurs. Full definition →

Malay joget ← Old Javanese jogèd
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  1. Old Javanese · derived fromjogèd“dance”
  2. Malay · borrowed fromjoget
  3. English todayjoget

Borrowed from Malay joget, probably from Old Javanese jogèd (“dance”).

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