Etymograph

English

gleet

Gleet comes from Old French glette.

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400glette
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1676gleet

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Old Frenchc. 842–1400glette
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1676gleet

Earliest quotation: 1676, Richard Wiseman, The First Book. A Treatise of Tumours. Chapter XVIII. Of an : “The Lips of the Abſceſs digeſted vvell, but from…”

Every English word from Old French glette

Today it means

noun Stomach mucus, especially of a hawk.

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Etymograph / Old French glette / gleet

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