Where does “Camillagate” come from?
Camillagate (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.
Camillagate (English): A scandal of the 1990s in which transcripts of intimate telephone conversations between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were published in tabloid newspapers
Definitions
- A scandal of the 1990s in which transcripts of intimate telephone conversations between Charles, Prince of Wales, and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, were published in tabloid newspapers
Ancestry of “Camillagate”, step by step
Camillagate 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 |