Where does “gout” come from?

gout (Mauritian Creole) comes from French goutte, from Middle French goutte, from Old French gote, from Latin gutta — a drop; spots or specks; a small ornament under...

gout (Mauritian Creole): drop, droplet

Definitions

  1. drop, droplet

Ancestry of “gout”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgouttedroplet; goutte; gout
2Middle Frenchgouttegoutte (droplike shape)
3Old Frenchgotedrop
4Latinguttaa drop; spots or specks; a small ornament under...
Every word from Latin gutta →Every word from Old French gote →Every word from Middle French goutte →