Where does “Utegate” come from?

Utegate (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.

Utegate (English): A 2009 scandal around the lending of a ute to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favourable treatment of Grant by the Department of the Treasury

Definitions

  1. A 2009 scandal around the lending of a ute to Australian Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd by car dealer John Grant, and subsequent allegations of improper favourable treatment of Grant by the Department of the Treasury

Ancestry of “Utegate”, step by step

Utegate 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 Ute

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishUteA member of this people
2EnglishUtahUniversity of Utah
3Spanishyutapolice
4Uteentaw
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wel-
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