Etymology of the French word digue
the Old French word
diguederived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*dhīgʷ-derived from the Middle Dutch word
dijcDate
The earliest known usage of digue in French dates from the 13th century.
Derivations in French
endiguer,
diguer,
contre-digueDerivations in other languages
Dutch
dijk, Romanian
digCognates
Dutch
dijk, English
dig, English
dyke, French
diguet, German
Deich, Icelandic
díki, Italian
diga, Spanish
diqueUsage
Word found in Old French
