Where does “gate” come from?
gate (Mauritian Creole) comes from English gate, from Middle English gate, from Old English ġeat, from Old French gaut, from Proto-West Germanic walþu, from Proto-Germanic walþuz, from Proto-Indo-European wel- — to see.
gate (Mauritian Creole): gate; entrance door; darling, sweetheart
Definitions
- gate; entrance door; darling, sweetheart
Ancestry of “gate”, step by step
gate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English gate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | gate | A doorlike structure outside a house; Doorway,... |
| 2 | Middle English | gate | An entryway or entrance to a settlement or... |
| 3 | Old English | ġeat | gate; a gate, door |
| 4 | Old French | gaut | forest, woods, woodland |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | walþu | forest |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | walþuz | forest |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wel- | to see |
via French gâté
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | gâté | past participle of gâter |
| 2 | French | gâter | to spoil, ruin; to go bad, go off |
| 3 | Middle French | gaster | to waste; to destroy |
| 4 | Old French | gaster | to waste; to destroy |
| 5 | Latin | vastus | Empty, unoccupied, i.e. waste, desert; Desolate,... |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | wāstos | empty |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁weh₂- | to leave, abandon, give out |