Where does “gasket” come from?
Gasket comes from Middle French garcette, from Old French garce and Old French garçon, from Medieval Latin garcio, from Latin warcio, from Proto-Germanic wrakjô, from Proto-Indo-European wreg-.
gasket (English): A length of rope used for reefing a sail, or...
Definitions
- A length of rope used for reefing a sail, or...
Ancestry of “gasket”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | garcette | gasket |
| 2 | Old French | garce | young woman |
| 3 | Old French | garçon | manservant |
| 4 | Old French | gars | nominative singular of garçon; nominative... |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | garcio | mercenary, servant, boy; mercenary, assassin;... |
| 6 | Latin | warciō | — |
| 7 | Frankish | wrakkjō | servant, boy; mercenary, servant; mercenary;... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | wrakjô | an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wreǵ- | to work, act |