chiant etymology

French word chiant comes from Proto-Indo-European *kakka-, and later Latin caco ((vulgar) I defecate, shit, pass excrement.)

Detailed word origin of chiant

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*kakka- Proto-Indo-European (ine-pro)
caco Latin (lat) (vulgar) I defecate, shit, pass excrement.
chyer Middle French (frm) (vulgar) to shit.
cacatus Latin (lat)
chier French (fra) (vulgar, slang) to shit, defecate.
chiant French (fra) (vulgar) fucking annoying. (vulgar) fucking boring.

Words with the same origin as chiant

Descendants of *kakka-
caca caguer cher cherté chiasse chier chierie chieur chiotte chiure chié chiée chérir enchérir enchérisseur faire caca lerche renchérir