Where does “gong” come from?

gong (Middle English) comes from Old English gong, from Old English gangan, from Proto-West Germanic *gangan — to go, walk, step.

gong (Middle English): An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory

Definitions

  1. An outhouse; a building used as a lavatory

Ancestry of “gong”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishgong—
2Old Englishganganto go, walk; to turn out
3Proto-West Germanic*ganganto go, walk, step

Words derived from “gong”

Every word from Proto-West Germanic *gangan →Every word from Old English gangan →Every word from Old English gong →