Where does “Reutersgate” come from?

Reutersgate (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.

Reutersgate (English): The controversy around a series of digitally manipulated photographs taken by Adnan Hajj, a Lebanese freelance photographer, and presented as part of Reuters' news coverage of the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict

Definitions

  1. The controversy around a series of digitally manipulated photographs taken by Adnan Hajj, a Lebanese freelance photographer, and presented as part of Reuters' news coverage of the 2006 Israel–Lebanon conflict

Ancestry of “Reutersgate”, step by step

Reutersgate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English gate

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgateA doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,...
2Middle EnglishgateAn entryway or entrance to a settlement or...
3Old Englishġeatgate; a gate, door
4Old Frenchgautforest, woods, woodland
5Proto-West Germanicwalþuforest
6Proto-Germanicwalþuzforest
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwel-to see

via English Reuters

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishReutersAn international news agency headquartered in London, UK
2EnglishPaul Julius Reuter
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic walþu
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