Where does “gorge” come from?

gorge (Old French) comes from Latin gurga, from Latin gurges, from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- — to swallow, devour, eat.

gorge (Old French): throat

Definitions

  1. throat

Ancestry of “gorge”, step by step

gorge traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin gurga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingurga—
2LatingurgesA whirlpool; An eddy; A gulf, or a sea
3Proto-Indo-Europeangʷerh₃-to swallow, devour, eat

via Vulgar Latin gorga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vulgar Latingorga—

Words derived from “gorge”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷerh₃- →Every word from Latin gurges →Every word from Latin gurga →