Where does “Horsegate” come from?
Horsegate (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.
Horsegate (English): A scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef
Definitions
- A scandal in 2013 in which it emerged that several large British supermarket chains were selling equine meat in products claimed to be one hundred percent beef
Ancestry of “Horsegate”, step by step
Horsegate 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 |