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Where does “Gillett” come from?

Gillett is an English diminutive of Gill, which derives from English Gillian, ultimately from English Juliana.

Ancestry of “Gillett”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGillSomeone connected with Gillingham Football Club,...
2Middle Englishgille—
3Old Frenchgillea wine measure; wine measure
4Medieval Latingilloearthenware jar; A cooler for liquids
5Gaulishgallāvessel
6Proto-Germanicgallǭgall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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