English
faites vos jeux
Faites vos jeux comes from French faites vos jeux ‘place your bets, faites vos jeux’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfaites vos jeux‘place your bets, faites vos jeux’literally ‘make your bets’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfaites vos jeux‘place your bets, faites vos jeux’literally ‘make your bets’
- Englishtodaysame form
The story
Borrowed from French faites vos jeux (literally “make your bets”).
Every English word from French faites vos jeux
Today it means
phrase In roulette, the call made by the croupier when gamblers can place their bets.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French faites vos jeux / faites vos jeux