English

giddify

From giddy + -fy.

Formed from giddy + -fy

Proto-Germanic *gudą ‘god, deity’

Proto-West Germanic *god

Proto-West Germanic *gudīg ‘ghostly, spirited’

Old English gidiġ ‘possessed by a demon or spirit, insane, mad’

Middle English gidi

English giddy

Today it means

verb To make giddy.

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