Where does “gojoun” come from?

gojoun (Middle English) comes from Old French gojon, from Late Latin gobionem, from Latin Gobius, from Ancient Greek κωβιός — sort of fish of the gudgeon kind.

gojoun (Middle English): metal fitting with a ring at one end

Definitions

  1. metal fitting with a ring at one end

Ancestry of “gojoun”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchgojon—
2Late Latingobionem—
3LatinGobiusgudgeon (Gobio gobio and similar fish)
4Ancient Greekκωβιόςsort of fish of the gudgeon kind

Words derived from “gojoun”

Every word from Ancient Greek κωβιός →Every word from Latin Gobius →Every word from Late Latin gobionem →