clinquant etymology

French word clinquant comes from Proto-Germanic *klinganą (To sound To adhere to, cling to.), Proto-Germanic *klinganą (To adhere to, cling to.), Proto-Germanic *klinganą (To sound.)

Detailed word origin of clinquant

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
*klinganą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To sound To adhere to, cling to.
*klinganą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To adhere to, cling to.
*klinganą Proto-Germanic (gem-pro) To sound.
*klingan Old Dutch (odt) To sound.
clinken Middle Dutch (dum)
clinquer Old French (fro)
clinquer Middle French (frm)
clinquant French (fra)

Words with the same origin as clinquant

Descendants of *klinganą
clinquer