Where does “geus” come from?

geus (Dutch) comes from Middle French gueux, from Middle Dutch guyte, from Middle Dutch gu(i)ten, from Old Norse gauta — to talk a lot.

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Definitions

  1. A supporter of the insurrectionist faction in the...

Ancestry of “geus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchgueuxbeggar
2Middle Dutchguyterascal, good-for-nothing, freeloader
3Middle Dutchgu(i)tento make fun of
4Old Norsegautato talk a lot

Words derived from “geus”

Every word from Old Norse gauta →Every word from Middle Dutch gu(i)ten →Every word from Middle Dutch guyte →