English
gobbet
Gobbet comes from Middle French gobet ‘mouthful, piece’.
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gobet‘mouthful, piece’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1583gobbet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600gobet‘mouthful, piece’
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
- Englishearliest quotation 1583gobbet
Earliest quotation: 1583, Philip Barrough [i.e., Of Making Bolus: “BOlvs in Engliſh is called a morſell. It is…”
Every English word from Middle French gobet
Today it means
noun A quantity of liquid, often in a sticky blotch.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Middle French gobet / gobbet