Where does “gobble” come from?

Gobble comes from Middle English -el and Old English -el, -ol, derived from Proto-Indo-European ghabh- meaning "to seize" and -lós.

gobble (English): To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf;...

Definitions

  1. To eat hastily or greedily; to scoff or scarf;...

Ancestry of “gobble”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishgobben

Words derived from “gobble

Every word from Middle English gobben