English
triggerish
From trigger + -ish.
Formed from trigger + -ish
Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to pull’
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Old Dutch *trecken
Middle Dutch trecken ‘to pull or draw to oneself’
Dutch trekken ‘to drag, draw, pull’
Dutch trekker ‘pull’
English trigger
Today it means
adj Likely to be triggered or set off.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “triggerish”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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