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The story

1. Frankish · derived from*jangalōn“to chit-chat with; gossip”
2. Old French · derived fromjangler“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”
3. Latin · derived fromjoculāri“to jest; joke”
4. Old French · derived fromjogler
5. Middle English · derived fromjogeler“juggler”
6. Middle English · inherited fromjogelen
7. English todayjuggle

From Middle English jogelen, partly a back-formation of Middle English jogeler (“juggler”), and partly a borrowing from Old French jogler, jongler (“to have fun with someone”), a conflation of Latin joculāri (“to jest; joke”) and Old French jangler (“to regale; entertain; have fun; trifle with; tease; mess around; gossip; boast; meddle”), from Frankish *jangalōn (“to chit-chat with; gossip”), akin to Middle Dutch jankelen (“to murmur; whisper; mumble; grumble”), frequentative of Middle Dutch janken (“to moan; groan; complain”). Related also to Middle Low German janken (“to sigh; moan; lament”), Dutch jengelen (“to whine; whimper”) Dutch janken (“to whine; wimper”).

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