English
gullet
Gullet comes from Old French goulet, and goes back to Latin gula ‘gullet, throat, palate’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgula‘gullet, throat, palate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400goulet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500golet
- Englishearliest quotation 1925gullet
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgula‘gullet, throat, palate’
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400goulet
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500golet
- Englishearliest quotation 1925gullet
Earliest quotation: 1925, Furniture Manufacturer and Artisan: Volu: “The better way is to gullet or "gum" out…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷel-
through Middle English golet
Today it means
noun The throat or esophagus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin gula / gullet