Etymograph

English

goutte

Goutte comes from Latin gutta ‘drop’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘drop’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400goutte
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500goute
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1915goutte

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘drop’
  2. Old Frenchc. 842–1400goutte
  3. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500goute
  4. Englishearliest quotation 1915goutte

Earliest quotation: 1915, Arthur Charles Fox-Davies, The Book of Public Arms: A Complete Encyclopædia of All Roya: “Per fesse nebuly chequy azure and or, each of…”

Linked words

through Latin gutta ‘drop’

gt, gutta, 10 more

Today it means

noun A charge in the form of a teardrop shape, originally with wavy sides, but now often with straight sides.

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Etymograph / Latin gutta / goutte

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