Where does “gauge” come from?
Gauge comes from Middle English gaugen, from Old French gauger, derived from Old French gauge, ultimately from Frankish galga, a word of Proto-Indo-European origin.
gauge (English): A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument...
Definitions
- A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument...
Ancestry of “gauge”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle English | gauge | A customary measurement or scale |
| 2 | Old French | gauger | Alternative form of jaugier |
| 3 | Old French | gauge | Alternative form of jauge; gauging rod |
| 4 | Old French | -é | used to form past participles of regular -er... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |