English
gifture
Gifture comes from Middle English yifture.
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500yifture
- Englishearliest quotation 1583gifture
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500yifture
- Englishearliest quotation 1583gifture
Earliest quotation: 1583, Phillip Stubbes, The Second Part of the Anatomie of Abuſes: “Secondly let them note that they require them as…”
Formed from gift + -ure
Proto-Indo-European *gʰebʰ- ‘to give; to take’
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Proto-Germanic *giftiz ‘giving, gift’
Proto-West Germanic *gifti
Old English ġift ‘marriage payment, dowry’
Middle English yifte
English gift
Every English word from Middle English yifture
Today it means
noun Gift; giving.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle English yifture / gifture