English
Gitter
Gitter comes from German Gitter ‘lattice, grid, mesh (of metal), grating, bars’, and goes back to Middle High German geter.
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350geter
- Germanc. 1650–presentGitter‘lattice, grid, mesh (of metal), grating, bars’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle High Germanc. 1050–1350geter
- Germanc. 1650–presentGitter‘lattice, grid, mesh (of metal), grating, bars’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Middle High German geter
Today it means
name A surname from German.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle High German geter / Gitter