Widgeon
/ˈwɪdʒ.ən/noun
A dabbling duck of the genus Mareca, especially the Eurasian wigeon.
Did you know?Widgeon is an old English form of the duck name that passed through Anglo-French, and its deeper origin is uncertain rather than magical or occult.
Etymological Timeline
Middle English
English
wigeon
“A kind of duck, especially the Eurasian wigeon”
Middle French
French
vigeon
“A duck name, later taken into English”
Anglo-French
AF
wigeon
“A duck name”
Uncertain earlier source
?
unknown
“No securely established deeper origin”