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Clignoter
French word clignoter comes from French -oter, French cligner (To squint.)
Detailed word origin of
clignoter
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Language
Definition
-oter
French
(fra)
(colloquial) Forming verbs from other verbs, with a diminutive or frequentative sense.
cligner
French
(fra)
To squint.
clignoter
French
(fra)
To blink. To indicate (flash the lights on a vehicle).
Words with the same origin as
clignoter
Descendants of -oter
baisoter
chevrotant
chevroter
chipoter
clapoter
crachoter
gigoter
papoter
picoter
siffloter
suçoter
toussoter
vivoter
Descendants of cligner
clignement
clin