Etymograph

English

Giftmas

Blend of gift + Christmas.

A blend of gift + Christmas

Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give; to take’

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Proto-Germanic *giftiz ‘giving, gift’

Proto-West Germanic *gifti

Old English ġift ‘marriage payment, dowry’

Middle English yifte

English gift

Old English Cristes mæsse

Middle English Cristemasse

English Christmas

Today it means

noun Christmas, regarded as a consumerist event for the purchasing of gifts

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

Etymograph / Giftmas