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Where does “gannet” come from?

gannet (English) comes from Middle English ganet, from Old English ganot, from Proto-Germanic ganataz.

gannet (English): Any of three species of large seabird in the...

Definitions

  1. Any of three species of large seabird in the...

Ancestry of “gannet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishganet—
2Old Englishganotgannet
3Proto-Germanicganataz—

Words derived from “gannet”

  • gannetry
  • gainéad
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