Where does “Bigotgate” come from?
Bigotgate (English) comes from English gate, from Middle English gate, from Old English ġeat, from Old French gaut, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
Bigotgate (English): A 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot
Definitions
- A 2010 controversy that arose when British prime minister Gordon Brown was accidentally recorded calling a party supporter a bigot
Ancestry of “Bigotgate”, step by step
Bigotgate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
via English Bigot
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bigot | One who is narrow-mindedly devoted to their own ideas and groups, and intolerant of (people of) differing ideas, races, genders, religions, politics, etc |
| 2 | French | bigot | bigot, holier-than-thou; over-pious,... |
| 3 | Middle French | bigot | — |
| 4 | Old French | bigot | — |
| 5 | Old English | bī god | by God |