English
gat
Clipping of Gatling gun, after inventor Richard Gatling.
Another origin of gat
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ǵʰed-‘to defecate’uncertain
- Proto-Germanicc. 500 BCE–200 CE*getaną‘to find a way’uncertain
- Proto-Germanic, derivedc. 500 BCE–200 CE*gatą‘hole, opening, passage’uncertain
- Proto-West Germanicc. 200–500 CE*gat‘hole, opening’uncertain
- Old Dutchc. 500–1150same formuncertain
- Middle Dutchc. 1150–1500gatuncertain
- Dutchc. 1500–presentsame form‘gap, hole’uncertain
- Englishtodaysame form
Another origin of gat
- Koreanmodern갓gat
- Englishtodaygat
Today it means
noun A Gatling gun.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / gat