"Gaga" meaning in Translingual

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Proper name

Etymology: Named after American singer-songwriter Lady Gaga, in turn from English gaga (“crazy; infatuated”), from French gaga (“senile; crazy; infatuated”), from French gâteux, French gâter (“to spoil”), Middle French gaster and Old French gaster, from Latin vāstō (“to destroy; to raze; to lay waste”), Latin vāstus (“isolated; destroyed; vast”), from Proto-Italic *wāstos, Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be or become empty”). Etymology templates: {{root|mul|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}}, {{der|mul|en|gaga|t=crazy; infatuated}} English gaga (“crazy; infatuated”), {{der|mul|fr|gaga|t=senile; crazy; infatuated}} French gaga (“senile; crazy; infatuated”), {{der|mul|fr|gâteux}} French gâteux, {{der|mul|fr|gâter|t=to spoil}} French gâter (“to spoil”), {{der|mul|frm|gaster}} Middle French gaster, {{der|mul|fro|gaster}} Old French gaster, {{der|mul|la|vāstō|t=to destroy; to raze; to lay waste}} Latin vāstō (“to destroy; to raze; to lay waste”), {{der|mul|la|vāstus|t=isolated; destroyed; vast}} Latin vāstus (“isolated; destroyed; vast”), {{der|mul|itc-pro|*wāstos}} Proto-Italic *wāstos, {{der|mul|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-|t=to be or become empty}} Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to be or become empty”) Head templates: {{head|mul|proper noun|||g=f|g2=|head=Gaga|nogendercat=1}} Gaga f
  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pteridaceae – Lady Gaga's ferns. Tags: feminine
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