Etymology of the English word boondoggle
the English word
boondogglederived from the English word
saidderived from the English word
sayderived from the Proto-Germanic root
*sagjananderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*sekʷ-Date
The earliest known usage of boondoggle in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
