Gigolo Definition

Origin of Gigolo

• First attested in English in 1922. From French gigolo (“young lover kept by an older woman”) (first attested in that sense in 1901; attested since 1894 in the sense "elegant young man whose means of livelihood are dubious", and since 1850 in the sense "lover of a gigolette or pimp"),, a back-formation from gigolette (“promiscuous dancing girl, girl available for hire as a dancing partner”) (attested since 1850), from giguer (“to dance”), from gigue (“fiddle”).

  From Wiktionary

• French perhaps from gigolette dancing girl, prostitute from giguer to dance from gigue fiddle from Old French gigot

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition