Etymograph

English

jumpgate

From jump + gate.

A compound of jump + gate

Middle English jumpen ‘to walk quickly’

English jump

Proto-Germanic *gatą ‘hole, opening’

Proto-West Germanic *gat ‘opening, gate’

Old English ġeat ‘gate, door’

Middle English gate ‘gate’

English gate

Today it means

noun A fictional device able to create an Einstein-Rosen bridge portal (or wormhole), allowing fast travel between two points in space.

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

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