Etymograph

English

gatecrash

From gate + crash.

A compound of gate + crash

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Middle English crasshen

English crash

Today it means

verb To attend a social event without having been invited, or without having paid.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

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