Where does “Donnygate” come from?
Donnygate (English) comes from English Donny, from English Don, from Russian Дон, from Spanish Don, from Latin dom, from Latin domnus, from Latin Dominus, from Latin domus — to build; to arrange, to put together.
Donnygate (English): A political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom
Definitions
- A political scandal of the 1990s involving expenses fraud by councillors in Doncaster, United Kingdom
Ancestry of “Donnygate”, step by step
Donnygate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Donny
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Donny | Doncaster |
| 2 | English | Don | river in Scotland |
| 3 | Russian | Дон | don |
| 4 | Spanish | Don | title of respect for a man |
| 5 | Latin | dom | — |
| 6 | Latin | domnus | lord; master |
| 7 | Latin | Dominus | the Lord; Lord; The Lord |
| 8 | Latin | domus | house, home; any building or abode; native place,... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | domos | house, home |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dṓm | home; house |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dem- | to build; to arrange, to put together |
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 |