English
gizzing
Gizzing comes from Arabic غَزَلَ ‘to display amorous behavior, to court’.
- Arabicc. 500–presentغَزَلَḡazala‘to display amorous behavior, to court’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875gizzing
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentغَزَلَḡazala‘to display amorous behavior, to court’
- Englishearliest quotation 1875gizzing
Earliest quotation: 1875, The Gentleman's Magazine: “Nay then; but you're a gizzing at me, maister.”
Every English word from Arabic غَزَلَ
Today it means
verb Grinning and laughing at someone.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic غَزَلَ / gizzing