Unnumbered source etymology
Original entry ↗noun
Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryA leg of lamb or mutton. · Ellipsis of gigot sleeve (“a type of sleeve shaped like a leg of mutton”).
Borrowed from French gigot (“leg (of lamb)”), from gigue (“(colloquial) a long leg; haunch of some animals, especially venison”) + -ot (diminutive suffix). Gigue is derived from giguer (“to dance; to jump”), further etymology unknown.
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- Borrowed-form mentiongigotfr
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