English
Margate
Margate comes from Middle English Margate.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Margate
- Englishearliest quotation 1847same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500Margate
- Englishearliest quotation 1847same form
Earliest quotation: 1847, Vote for Alderman Johnson: “Alderman Johnson condemns the Reform Act, and is for…”
A compound of mere ‘pool, lake, sea’ + gate ‘gate’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰed- ‘to defecate’
Proto-Germanic *getaną ‘to find a way’
Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening, passage’
Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘hole, opening’
Old English ġeat ‘gate’
Middle English gate ‘gate’
Every English word from Middle English Margate
Today it means
name A coastal town in Thanet district, Kent, England (OS grid ref TR3570).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English Margate / Margate