Where does “gasketless” come from?
gasketless (English) comes from English gasket, from Middle French garcette, from Old French garce, from Old French garçon, from Old French gars, from Medieval Latin garcio, from Latin warciō, from Frankish wrakkjō — to work, act.
gasketless (English): Without a gasket
Ancestry of “gasketless”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | gasket | A length of rope used for reefing a sail, or... |
| 2 | Middle French | garcette | gasket |
| 3 | Old French | garce | young woman |
| 4 | Old French | garçon | manservant |
| 5 | Old French | gars | nominative singular of garçon; nominative... |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | garcio | mercenary, servant, boy; mercenary, assassin;... |
| 7 | Latin | warciō | — |
| 8 | Frankish | wrakkjō | servant, boy; mercenary, servant; mercenary;... |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wrakjô | an exile, one who is persecuted or displaced,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | wreǵ- | to work, act |