Where does “getup” come from?

getup (English) comes from English get, from English git, from Middle English get, from Old French jayet, from Latin gagātēs, from Ancient Greek γαγάτης.

getup (English): A costume or outfit, especially one that is...

Definitions

  1. A costume or outfit, especially one that is...

Ancestry of “getup”, step by step

getup traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English get

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgetTo obtain; to acquire; To receive; To have. See...
2EnglishgitA silly, incompetent, stupid, annoying, or...
3Middle Englishgetjet, hardened coal; A bead made of jet; A...
4Old Frenchjayet
5LatingagātēsA hard, black asphalt; variety of lignite; jet, jess
6Ancient Greekγαγάτης

via English up

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishupAway from the surface of the Earth or other...
2Middle Englishupto a vertical axis
3Old Englishuppup; upstairs
4Proto-West Germanic*upp
Every word from Ancient Greek γαγάτης