English
gorget
Gorget comes from Old French gorge ‘throat’, and goes back to Late Latin gurga.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgurga
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gorge‘throat’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400gorgete
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gorget
- Englishearliest quotation 1662same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEgurga
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400gorge‘throat’
- Old French, derivedc. 842–1400gorgete
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500gorget
- Englishearliest quotation 1662same form
Earliest quotation: 1662, [The First Part of Hudibras]. Canto II.: “About his neck a threefold gorget, / As rough…”
Every English word from Late Latin gurga
Today it means
noun A piece of armour protecting the throat and/or the upper part of the chest.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin gurga / gorget