Etymograph

English

gad

Euphemistic alteration of God.

Another origin of gad

  1. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gadden‘to hurry, to rush about’
  2. Englishtodaygad

Another origin of gad

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʰedʰ-‘to join, unite’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gadô‘associate, partner, comrade, companion’reconstructed
  3. Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gadōreconstructed
  4. Old Englishc. 450–1150*gada‘fellow, companion, comrade, associate’reconstructed
  5. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gade‘a fool, simpleton, rascal, scoundrel’
  6. Englishtodaygad

Another origin of gad

  1. Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gazdaz‘spike, rod, stake’reconstructed
  2. Old Norsec. 800–1350gaddr‘goad, spike’
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gad
  4. Englishtodaygad

Today it means

intj An exclamation roughly equivalent to by God, goodness gracious, for goodness' sake.

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