English
gour
Gour comes from French gour ‘rock pool’, and goes back to Latin gurges ‘whirlpool, eddy’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgurges‘whirlpool, eddy’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgour‘rock pool’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgurges‘whirlpool, eddy’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentgour‘rock pool’
- Englishearliest quotation 2015same form
Earliest quotation: 2015, Eric Gilli, Karstology: Karsts: “[…] calcite precipitates. This forms a small dam, accentuating…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- ‘to devour’
quirk, gorge, devour, voracious, herbivorous, gurgle, ouroboros, 24 more
Today it means
noun A pool in a cave confined by a dam of mineral deposits accumulating along its rim.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gurges / gour