Etymology

voetganger

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Today it means: The crawling form of a locust, not yet able to fly. Full definition →

Afrikaans voetganger ← Dutch voetganger ← Middle Dutch voetganger
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The story

  1. Middle Dutch · derived fromvoetganger
  2. Dutch · derived fromvoetganger
  3. Afrikaans · borrowed fromvoetganger
  4. English todayvoetganger

Borrowed from Afrikaans voetganger, from Dutch voetganger, from Middle Dutch voetganger.

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