Where does “Sodagate” come from?

Sodagate (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.

Sodagate (English): A 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game

Definitions

  1. A 2013 controversy around an NBA basketball game between the Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers, in which a player deliberately spilled a cup of soda to delay the game

Ancestry of “Sodagate”, step by step

Sodagate 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 soda

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsodaSodium bicarbonate; Sodium carbonate; Sodium in...
2Italiansodasoda, sodium carbonate; soda water; third-person...
3Arabicسُوَّادsaltwort
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-Every word from Proto-Germanic walþuzEvery word from Proto-West Germanic walþu