English
giftware
From gift + -ware.
A compound of gift + -ware
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
Today it means
noun Items designed to be bought as gifts
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / giftware