gote

Meaning

Noun

Origin

  • From Middle English gote ("a drain"), from Old English *gote ("drain, gutter"), from Proto-West Germanic, from Proto-Germanic *gutō ("gutter"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ("to pour").
  • Cognate with Dutch goot ("a gutter, drain, gully"), German Gosse ("a gutter"). Related to Old English gutt ("gut, entrails"), Old English ġēotan ("to pour, pour forth, shed, gush, flow, flood, overwhelm, found, cast"). More at gut, yote.

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