English
gauger
Gauger comes from Old Northern French gaugeur.
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400gaugeur
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gauger‘a quality control official for wine’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Old Northern Frenchc. 842–1400gaugeur
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gauger‘a quality control official for wine’
- Englishtodaysame form
Formed from gauge + -er
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰalgʰ-
Proto-Germanic *galgô ‘pole, stake, cross’
Frankish *galgā ‘measuring rod, pole’
Middle English gauge ‘a customary measurement or scale’
English gauge
Every English word from Old Northern French gaugeur
Today it means
noun One who gauges.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Old Northern French gaugeur / gauger