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kif-kif: Arabic → French · Lexodus

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kif-kif

At first in soldiers’ slang among the Armée d’Afrique. From common Algerian Arabic كيف كيف (kīf kīf, “the same; in the same way”), from كيف (kīf, “how; like”), itself from Arabic كَيْفَ (kayfa).

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c. 750 CEArabic

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c. 750 CE
c. 1700

Hops are evenly spaced; labels show the year each form is first attested.