Etymograph

English

gutty

Gutty comes from Latin gutta ‘drop (of a liquid)’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘drop (of a liquid)’
  2. Englishtodaygutty

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEgutta‘drop (of a liquid)’
  2. Englishtodaygutty

A compound of goutte + -y

Latin gutta ‘drop’

Old French goutte

Middle English goute

English goutte

Linked words

through Latin gutta ‘drop (of a liquid)’

gt, gout, gutta, 9 more

Another origin of gutty

  1. Irishc. 1200–presentgaotaire‘a windbag, someone who talks too much’uncertain
  2. Englishtodaygutty

Today it means

adj Charged or sprinkled with drops.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin gutta / gutty

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