Where does “glut” come from?

Glut comes from Old French glotir, from Latin gluttio, from Latin gula meaning throat or gullet, from Proto-Indo-European kel-.

glut (English): An excess, too much; That which is swallowed;...

Definitions

  1. An excess, too much; That which is swallowed;...

Ancestry of “glut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingluttiōto swallow, gulp down
2Latingluttusthroat; absorption

Words derived from “glut

Every word from Latin gluttus