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Where does “gyser” come from?

gyser (Middle English) comes from French gésier, from Old French gesier, from Latin gigeria — the cooked entrails of poultry.

gyser (Middle English): A gizzard or liver; an organ for processing waste

Definitions

  1. A gizzard or liver; an organ for processing waste

Ancestry of “gyser”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgésiergizzard
2Old Frenchgesiergizzard
3Latingigeriathe cooked entrails of poultry

Words derived from “gyser”

  • gizzard
  • gizzardless
  • geser
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