Etymograph

English

Gettr

Blend of get + together, coined by company founder Jason Miller in 2021.

A blend of get + together

Proto-Indo-European *gʰed- ‘to take, seize’

Proto-Germanic *getaną ‘to find; to acquire, get’

Old Norse geta ‘to get’

Middle English geten ‘to get’

English get

Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- ‘to unite, keep’

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Proto-West Germanic *tōgadura

Old English tōgædere ‘together’

Middle English togedere

Middle English together

English together

The story

Blend of get + together, coined by company founder Jason Miller in 2021.

Today it means

name An alt-tech social media platform and microblogging site targeting American conservatives.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Gettr