English
garget
Garget comes from Old French gargate.
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gargate
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garget‘throat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1836same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gargate
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500garget‘throat’
- Englishearliest quotation 1836same form
Earliest quotation: 1836, William Youatt, Cattle: Their Breeds: “Chronic indurations will sometimes remain after the inflammation of…”
Every English word from Old French gargate
Today it means
noun An inflammation on a cow's or sheep's udder; synonym of mastitis.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old French gargate / garget