Where does “gore” come from?
gore (Middle Dutch) comes from Old Dutch gor, from Proto-Germanic gurą, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰer-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷʰe-gʷʰór-e ~ gʷʰe-gʷʰr-ḗr.
gore (Middle Dutch): mud; dirt
Ancestry of “gore”, step by step
Words derived from “gore”