English
galoot
Galoot comes from Arabic جالُوت.
- Arabicc. 500–presentجالُوت
- Englishearliest quotation 1901galoot
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Arabicc. 500–presentجالُوت
- Englishearliest quotation 1901galoot
Earliest quotation: 1901, Frank Norris, The Octopus: “I talk like a galoot when I get talking…”
Every English word from Arabic جالُوت
Today it means
noun A clumsy or uncouth person.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Arabic جالُوت / galoot