Etymograph

English

gégène

Gégène comes from French gégène ‘"genny", generator’.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgégène‘"genny", generator’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1977same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

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  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentgégène‘"genny", generator’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1977same form

Earliest quotation: 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace: “It was a view that would not necessarily be…”

Every English word from French gégène

Today it means

noun A form of electroshock torture, especially as used by the French during the Algerian War of 1954-1962, whereby electrodes are run from a field generator to parts of a victim's body.

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Etymograph / French gégène / gégène

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