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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
1Latingluttiō—
2Latingluttusthroat; absorption

Words derived from “glut”

  • glutting
  • infoglut
  • englut
  • glutteth
  • gluttingly
  • inglut
  • engloutir
  • glutar
  • glutegar
  • engloutir
  • englotir
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