English
gaunt
Gaunt comes from Middle English gaunt.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gaunt
- Englishearliest quotation 1549same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gaunt
- Englishearliest quotation 1549same form
Earliest quotation: 1549, The Fifth Sermon Preached before King Edward [VI], April 5th: “I know where a woman was got with child,…”
Every English word from Middle English gaunt
Today it means
adj Angular, bony, and lean.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English gaunt / gaunt