Where does “Sharongate” come from?

Sharongate (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.

Sharongate (English): A mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation

Definitions

  1. A mid-1990s storyline in the BBC soap opera EastEnders, in which Sharon Mitchell confessed on tape that she had sex with her husband's brother Phil, leading to a violent confrontation

Ancestry of “Sharongate”, step by step

Sharongate 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 Sharon

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishSharonA working-class female
2Hebrewשָׁרוֹןthe Sharon plain
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic walþu
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